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That we may buy the poor for kesef, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yea, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?

Hashem hath sworn by the ga’on Ya’akov, Surely I will never forget any of their ma’asim.

Shall not ha’aretz (the land) tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And the whole land shall rise like the Nile; and heave and sink, as by the Nile of Mitzrayim.

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buying the poor(A) with silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
    selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(B)

The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(C) “I will never forget(D) anything they have done.(E)

“Will not the land tremble(F) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.(G)

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