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Vision of the Summer Fruit

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

The Coming Day of Bitter Mourning

This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.

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.

2

And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,
“The enda has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass by them.

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.”

3

The songs of the templeb shall become wailingsc in that day,”
declares the Lord God.
“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
“Silence!”

4

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

4

Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,

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,

5

saying, “When will the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the ephah small and the shekeld great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,

6

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

6

that we may buy the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

7

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
“Surely 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 deeds.

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.

8

Shall not the land tremble on this account,
and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
and all of it rise like the Nile,
and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”

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;

9

“And on that day,” declares the Lord God,
“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.

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.

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 the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.

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.

11

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“when 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

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.

12

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

13

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

13

“In that day the lovely virgins and the young men
shall faint for thirst.

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.”

14

Those who swear by the Guilt of Samaria,
and 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