| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New Living Translation |
| 1Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. | 1Then the Sovereign LORD showed me another vision. In it I saw a basket filled with ripe fruit. |
| 2He said, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. | 2“What do you see, Amos?” he asked. I replied, “A basket full of ripe fruit.” Then the LORD said, “Like this fruit, Israel is ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again. |
| 3"The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day," declares the Lord GOD. "Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence." | 3In that day the singing in the temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!” |
| 4Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land, | 4Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy! |
| 5saying, "When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales, | 5You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales. |
| 6So as to buy the helpless for money And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?" | 6And you mix the grain you sell with chaff swept from the floor. Then you enslave poor people for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals. |
| 7The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds. | 7Now the LORD has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel : “I will never forget the wicked things you have done! |
| 8"Because of this will not the land quake And everyone who dwells in it mourn? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt. | 8The earth will tremble for your deeds, and everyone will mourn. The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime; it will heave up, then sink again. |
| 9"It will come about in that day," declares the Lord GOD, "That I will make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight. | 9“In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth while it is still day. |
| 10"Then I will turn your festivals into mourning And all your songs into lamentation; And I will bring sackcloth on everyone's loins And baldness on every head. And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, And the end of it will be like a bitter day. | 10I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning and your singing into weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads to show your sorrow— as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be! |
| 11"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 for hearing the words of the LORD. | 11“The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or water but of hearing the words of the LORD. |
| 12"People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will go to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, But they will not find it. | 12People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from border to border searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it. |
| 13"In that day the beautiful virgins And the young men will faint from thirst. | 13Beautiful girls and strong young men will grow faint in that day, thirsting for the LORD’s word. |
| 14"As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, Who say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives,' They will fall and not rise again." | 14And those who swear by the shameful idols of Samaria— who take oaths in the name of the god of Dan and make vows in the name of the god of Beersheba — they will all fall down, never to rise again.” |
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