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Rh :And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God:
 * There shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
 * Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy,
 * Even to make the poor of the land to fail,
 * Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn?
 * And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat,
 * Making the ephah small, and the shekel great,
 * And falsifying the balances by deceit?
 * That we may buy the poor for silver,
 * And the needy for a pair of shoes;
 * Yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
 * The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob,
 * Surely I will never forget any of their works.
 * Shall not the land tremble for this,
 * And every one mourn that dwelleth therein?
 * And it shall rise up wholly as a flood;
 * And it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
 * And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God,
 * That I will cause the sun to go down at noon,
 * And I will darken the earth in the clear day:
 * And I will turn your feasts into mourning,
 * And all your songs into lamentation;