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1This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. | 1This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. |
2"What do you see, Amos?" he asked. "A basket of ripe fruit," I answered. Then the LORD said to me, "The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. | 2"What do you see, Amos?" he asked. "A basket of ripe fruit," I answered. Then the LORD said to me, "The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. |
3"In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies--flung everywhere! Silence!" | 3"In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies--flung everywhere! Silence!" |
4Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, | 4Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, |
5saying, "When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?"-- skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, | 5saying, "When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?"-- skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, |
6buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat. | 6buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat. |
7The LORD has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget anything they have done. | 7The LORD has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget anything they have done. |
8"Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt. | 8"Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt. |
9"In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. | 9"In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. |
10I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. | 10I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. |
11"The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land-- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. | 11"The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land-- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. |
12People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it. | 12People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it. |
13"In that day "the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst. | 13"In that day "the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst. |
14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria-- who say, 'As surely as your god lives, Dan,' or, 'As surely as the god of Beersheba lives'-- they will fall, never to rise again." | 14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria-- who say, 'As surely as your god lives, Dan,' or, 'As surely as the god of Beersheba lives'-- they will fall, never to rise again." |
New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. |
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