8:4 Listen to this, you who trample 1 the needy,
and do away with 2 the destitute in the land.
8:6 We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, 3
a pair of sandals 4 for the needy!
We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!” 5
1 tn See the note on the word “trample” in 2:7.
2 tn Or “put an end to”; or “exterminate.”
3 tn Heb “to buy the poor for silver.”
sn The expression trade silver for the poor refers to the slave trade.
4 tn See the note on the word “sandals” in 2:6.
5 tn Heb “The chaff of the grain we will sell.”