2 And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me:
a“The end has come upon My people Israel;
bI will not pass by them anymore.
a“The end has come upon My people Israel;
bI will not pass by them anymore.
3 And athe songs of the temple
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord God—
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
bThey shall be thrown out in silence.”
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord God—
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
bThey shall be thrown out in silence.”
4 Hear this, you who1 swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,
And make the poor of the land fail,
5 Saying:
“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may1 sell grain?
And athe Sabbath,
That we may trade wheat?
bMaking the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by cdeceit,
“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may1 sell grain?
And athe Sabbath,
That we may trade wheat?
bMaking the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by cdeceit,
6 That we may buy the poor for asilver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”
8 aShall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like1 the River,
Heave and subside
bLike the River of Egypt.
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like1 the River,
Heave and subside
bLike the River of Egypt.
9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
a“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in1 broad daylight;
a“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in1 broad daylight;
10 I will turn your feasts into amourning,
bAnd all your songs into lamentation;
cI 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.
bAnd all your songs into lamentation;
cI 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, 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 aof hearing the words of the Lord.
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But aof 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 anot find it.
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall anot find it.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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