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World English Bible

Amos 8 (WEBP)

[1] Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
[2] He said, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me, “The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
[3] The songs of the temple will be wailing in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
[4] Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
[5] saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
[6] that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’ ”
[7] Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.
[8] Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
[9] It will happen in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
[10] I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.
[11] Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing Yahweh’s words.
[12] They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek Yahweh’s word, and will not find it.
[13] In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.
[14] Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives,’ and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’ they will fall, and never rise up again.”

Amos 8:5a 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
Amos 8:5b a normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Amos 8 (KJVS)

[1] Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed () unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit .
[2] And he said (), Amos , what seest () thou? And I said (), A basket of summer fruit . Then said () the LORD unto me, The end is come () upon my people of Israel ; I will not again () pass () by them any more.
[3] And the songs of the temple shall be howlings () in that day , saith () the Lord GOD : [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place ; they shall cast [them] forth () with silence ().
[4] Hear () this, O ye that swallow up () the needy , even to make the poor () of the land to fail (),
[5] Saying (), When will the new moon be gone (), that we may sell () corn ? and the sabbath , that we may set forth () wheat , making the ephah small (), and the shekel great (), and falsifying () the balances by deceit ?
[6] That we may buy () the poor for silver , and the needy for a pair of shoes ; [yea], and sell () the refuse of the wheat ?
[7] The LORD hath sworn () by the excellency of Jacob , Surely I will never forget () any of their works .
[8] Shall not the land tremble () for this, and every one mourn () that dwelleth () therein? and it shall rise up () wholly as a flood ; and it shall be cast out () and drowned () (8675) (), as [by] the flood of Egypt .
[9] And it shall come to pass in that day , saith () the Lord GOD , that I will cause the sun to go down () at noon , and I will darken () the earth in the clear day :
[10] And I will turn () your feasts into mourning , and all your songs into lamentation ; and I will bring up () sackcloth upon all loins , and baldness upon every head ; and I will make () it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day .
[11] Behold, the days come (), saith () the Lord GOD , that I will send () a famine in the land , not a famine of bread , nor a thirst for water , but of hearing () the words of the LORD :
[12] And they shall wander () from sea to sea , and from the north even to the east , they shall run to and fro () to seek () the word of the LORD , and shall not find () [it].
[13] In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint () for thirst .
[14] They that swear () by the sin of Samaria , and say (), Thy god , O Dan , liveth ; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth ; even they shall fall (), and never rise up () again.

Young’s Literal Translation

Amos 8 (YLT)

[1] Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit.
[2] And He saith, ‘What art thou seeing, Amos?’ and I say, ‘A basket of summer-fruit.’ And Jehovah saith unto me: ‘The end hath come unto My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.
[3] And howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many are the carcases, into any place throw-hush!
[4] Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
[5] Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.
[6] To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
[7] Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: ‘I forget not for ever any of their works.
[8] For this doth not the land tremble, And mourned hath every dweller in it? And come up as a flood hath all of it. And it hath been cast out, and hath sunk, Like the flood of Egypt.
[9] And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,
[10] And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head-baldness, And made it as a mourning of an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.
[11] Lo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah.
[12] And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.
[13] In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.
[14] Those swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And have said, Live doth thy god, O Dan, And, Live doth the way of Beer-Sheba, And they have fallen-and rise not again!’