Thus the Lord
1GOD
showed
me, and behold
, there was a basket
of summer
fruit
.
He said, "What
do you see
, Amos
?" And aI said
, "A basket
of summer
fruit
." Then the LORD
said
to me, "The bend
has come
for My people
Israel
. I will 1 cspare
them no
longer
.
" 1The asongs of the palace
will turn
to bwailing
in that day
," declares
the Lord
GOD
. "Many
will be the ccorpses
; in every
place
2they will cast
them forth 3in silence
."
Hear this
, you who 1 atrample
the needy
, to do
away
with the humble
of the land
,
saying, "When
will the anew
moon
1be over
, So that we may sell
grain
, And the bsabbath
, that we may open
the wheat
market, To make
the 2bushel
smaller
and the shekel
bigger
, And to ccheat
with 3dishonest
scales
,
So as to abuy the helpless
for 1money
And the needy
for a pair of sandals
, And that we may sell
the refuse
of the wheat
?"
The LORD has asworn
by the bpride
of Jacob
, "Indeed
, I will cnever
forget
any
of their deeds
.
"Because of this
will not the land
aquake
And everyone
who dwells
in it bmourn
? Indeed, all
of it will crise
up like the Nile
, And it will be tossed
about
And subside
like the Nile
of Egypt
.
"It will come about in that day
," declares
the Lord
GOD
, "That I will make the asun
go
down at noon
And bmake
the earth
dark
in 1broad
daylight
.
"Then I will aturn your festivals
into mourning
And all
your songs
into 1lamentation
; And I will bring
bsackcloth
on everyone's
loins
And baldness
on every
head
. And I will make
it clike a time of mourning
for an only
son
, And the end
of it will be like a bitter
day
.
"Behold, days
are coming
," declares
the Lord
GOD
, "When I will send
a famine
on the land
, Not a famine
for bread
or a thirst
for water
, But rather
afor hearing
the words
of the LORD
.
"People will stagger from sea
to sea
And from the north
even to the east
; They will go
to and fro
to aseek
the word
of the LORD
, But they will not find
it.
"In that day the beautiful
avirgins
And the young
men
will bfaint
from thirst
.
"As for those who swear by the 1 aguilt
of Samaria
, Who say
, `As your god
lives
, O bDan
,' And, `As the way
of cBeersheba
lives
,' They will fall
and dnot rise
again
."