Darby Bible Translation

New King James Version

The Basket of Ripe Fruit

Thus did Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, a basket of summer-fruit.

Vision of the Summer Fruit

Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer-fruit. And Jehovah said unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.

2

And He said, “Amos, what do you see?”
So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”
Then the Lord said to me:
“The end has come upon My people Israel;
I will not pass by them anymore.

3

And the songs of the palace shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth. Silence!

3

And the songs of the temple
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord God —
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
They shall be thrown out in silence.”

4

Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,

4

Hear this, you who [a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,

5

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 for deceit:

5

Saying:
“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
That we may [b]trade wheat?
Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by deceit,

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that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.

6

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

7

Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works.

7

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
“Surely I will never forget any of their works.

8

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.

8

Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like [c]the River,
Heave and subside
Like the River of Egypt.

9

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the land in the clear day.

9

“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in [d]broad daylight;

10

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.

10

I will turn your feasts into mourning,
And all your songs into lamentation;
I 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.

11

Behold, days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.

11

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the Lord.

12

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

12

They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall not find it.

13

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;

13

“In that day the fair virgins
And strong young men
Shall faint from thirst.

14

they that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, [As] thy god, O Dan, liveth! and, [As] the way of Beer-sheba liveth! even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

14

Those who swear by the [e]sin of Samaria,
Who say,
‘As your god lives, O Dan!’
And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives!’
They shall fall and never rise again.”

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Amos 8

Amos 8