6 That we may buy the poor for ^asilver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?” ‡

7 The Lord has sworn by ^athe pride of Jacob:
“Surely ^bI will never forget any of their works. ‡

9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
^a“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in¹ broad daylight; ‡

10 I will turn your feasts into ^amourning,
^bAnd all your songs into lamentation;
^cI will bring sackcloth on every waist,
And baldness on every head;
I will make it like mourning for an only son,
And its end like a bitter day. ‡