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[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.”

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 8:5a 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about ²⁄₃ of a bushel
  2. ⓘ 8:5b A normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
King James Version

A Basket of Fruit

[1] Thus H3541 hath the Lord H136 God H3069 shewed H7200 unto me: and behold a basket H3619 of summer fruit. H7019 [2] And he said, H559 Amos, H5986 what H4100 seest H7200 thou? And I said, H559 A basket H3619 of summer fruit. H7019 Then said H559 the Lord H3068 unto H413 me, The end H7093 is come H935 upon my people H5971 of Israel; H3478 I will H3254 not H3808 again H3254 pass H5674 by them any more. [3] And the songs H7892 of the temple H1964 shall be howlings H3213§ in that day, H3117 saith H5002 the Lord H136 God: H3069 there shall be many H7227 dead bodies H6297 in every place; H4725 they shall cast them forth H7993 with silence. H2013§ [4] Hear H8085 this, O ye that swallow up H7602 the needy, H34 even to make H7673 the poor H6041 H6035 of the land H776 to fail, H7673 [5] saying, H559 When will the new moon H2320§ be gone, H5674 that we may sell H7666 corn? H7668 and the sabbath, H7676 that we may set forth H6605§ wheat, H1250 making the ephah H374 small, H6994 and the shekel H8255 great, H1431 and falsifying H5791 the balances H3976 by deceit? H4820§ [6] That we may buy H7069 the poor H1800 for silver, H3701 and the needy H34 for a pair of shoes; H5275 yea, and sell H7666 the refuse H4651 of the wheat? H1250 [7] The Lord H3068 hath sworn H7650 by the excellency H1347 of Jacob, H3290 Surely I will never H5331 forget H7911 any of their works. H4639 [8] Shall H776 not H3808 the land H776 tremble H7264 for this, and every one mourn H56 that dwelleth H3427 therein? and it shall rise up H5927 wholly as a flood; H2975 and it shall be cast out H1644 and drowned, H8257 H8248 as by the flood H216 of Egypt. H4714 [9] And it shall come to pass in that day, H3117 saith H5002 the Lord H136 God, H3069 that I will cause the sun H8121 to go down H935 at noon, H6672 and I will darken H2821 the earth H776 in the clear H216 day: H3117 [10] and I will turn H2015 your feasts H2282 into mourning, H60 and all your songs H7892 into lamentation; H7015 and I will bring up H5927 sackcloth H8242 upon H5921 all H3605 loins, H4975 and baldness H7144 upon H5921 every H3605 head; H7218 and I will make H7760 it as the mourning H60 of an only H3173 son, and the end H319 thereof as a bitter H4751 day. H3117 [11] Behold, the days H3117 come, H935 saith H5002 the Lord H136 God, H3069 that I will send H7971 a famine H7458 in the land, H776 not H3808 a famine H7458 of bread, H3899 nor a thirst H6772 for H3588 water, H4325 but of hearing H8085 H853 the words H1697 of the Lord: H3068 [12] and they shall wander H5128 from sea H3220 to sea, H3220 and from the north H6828 even to the east, H4217 they shall run to and fro H7751 to seek H1245 H853 the word H1697 of the Lord, H3068 and shall not find H4672 it. [13] In that day H3117 shall the fair H3303 virgins H1330 and young men H970 faint H5968 for thirst. H6772 [14] They that swear H7650 by the sin H819 of Samaria, H8111 and say, H559 Thy god, H430 O Dan, H1835 liveth; H2416 and, The manner H1870 of Beer-sheba H884 liveth; H2416 even they shall fall, H5307 and never rise up H6965 again.

Footnotes

  1. § 8:3a Heb. shall howl
  2. § 8:3b Heb. be silent
  3. § 8:5a Or, month
  4. § 8:5b Heb. open
  5. § 8:5c Heb. perverting the balances of deceit
Septuaginta
[1] Οὕτως G3779 ἔδειξέν G1166 μοι G3427 κύριος G2962 καὶ G2532 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄγγος ἰξευτοῦ. [2] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Τί G5101 σὺ G4771 βλέπεις, G991 Αμως; G301 Καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 Ἄγγος ἰξευτοῦ. Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 κύριος G2962 πρός G4314 με G3165 Ἥκει G2240 τὸ G3588 πέρας G4009 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 λαόν G2992 μου G3450 Ισραηλ, G2474 οὐκέτι G3765 μὴ G3361 προσθῶ G4369 τοῦ G3588 παρελθεῖν G3928 αὐτόν· G846 [3] καὶ G2532 ὀλολύξει G3649 τὰ G3588 φατνώματα τοῦ G3588 ναοῦ· G3485 ἐν G1722 ἐκείνῃ G1565 τῇ G3588 ἡμέρᾳ, G2250 λέγει G3004 κύριος, G2962 πολὺς G4183 ὁ G3588 πεπτωκὼς G4098 ἐν G1722 παντὶ G3956 τόπῳ, G5117 ἐπιρρίψω G1977 σιωπήν. [4] Ἀκούσατε G191 δὴ G1211 ταῦτα, G5023 οἱ G3588 ἐκτρίβοντες εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 πρωῒ G4404 πένητα G3993 καὶ G2532 καταδυναστεύοντες G2616 πτωχοὺς G4434 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 γῆς, G1093 [5] οἱ G3588 λέγοντες G3004 Πότε G4219 διελεύσεται G1330 ὁ G3588 μὴν G3376 καὶ G2532 ἐμπολήσομεν καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 σάββατα G4521 καὶ G2532 ἀνοίξομεν G455 θησαυροὺς G2344 τοῦ G3588 ποιῆσαι G4160 μικρὸν G3397 μέτρον G3358 καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 μεγαλῦναι G3170 στάθμια καὶ G2532 ποιῆσαι G4160 ζυγὸν G2218 ἄδικον G94 [6] τοῦ G3588 κτᾶσθαι G2932 ἐν G1722 ἀργυρίῳ G694 πτωχοὺς G4434 καὶ G2532 ταπεινὸν G5011 ἀντὶ G473 ὑποδημάτων G5266 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 παντὸς G3956 γενήματος G1081 ἐμπορευσόμεθα; G1710 [7] Ὀμνύει G3660 κύριος G2962 καθ’ G2596 ὑπερηφανίας G5243 Ιακωβ G2384 Εἰ G1487 ἐπιλησθήσεται G1950 εἰς G1519 νεῖκος πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔργα G2041 ὑμῶν. G5216 [8] Καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τούτοις G5125 οὐ G3756 ταραχθήσεται G5015 ἡ G3588 γῆ, G1093 καὶ G2532 πενθήσει G3996 πᾶς G3956 ὁ G3588 κατοικῶν G2730 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἀναβήσεται G305 ὡς G5613 ποταμὸς G4215 συντέλεια G4930 καὶ G2532 καταβήσεται G2597 ὡς G5613 ποταμὸς G4215 Αἰγύπτου. G125 [9] Καὶ G2532 ἔσται G2071 ἐν G1722 ἐκείνῃ G1565 τῇ G3588 ἡμέρᾳ, G2250 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 καὶ G2532 δύσεται G1416 ὁ G3588 ἥλιος G2246 μεσημβρίας, G3314 καὶ G2532 συσκοτάσει ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 ἐν G1722 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 τὸ G3588 φῶς· G5457 [10] καὶ G2532 μεταστρέψω G3344 τὰς G3588 ἑορτὰς G1859 ὑμῶν G5216 εἰς G1519 πένθος G3997 καὶ G2532 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 ᾠδὰς G5603 ὑμῶν G5216 εἰς G1519 θρῆνον G2355 καὶ G2532 ἀναβιβῶ G307 ἐπὶ G1909 πᾶσαν G3956 ὀσφὺν G3751 σάκκον G4526 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 πᾶσαν G3956 κεφαλὴν G2776 φαλάκρωμα καὶ G2532 θήσομαι G5087 αὐτὸν G846 ὡς G5613 πένθος G3997 ἀγαπητοῦ G27 καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 μετ’ G3326 αὐτοῦ G846 ὡς G5613 ἡμέραν G2250 ὀδύνης. G3601 [11] Ἰδοὺ G2400 ἡμέραι G2250 ἔρχονται, G2064 λέγει G3004 κύριος, G2962 καὶ G2532 ἐξαποστελῶ G1821 λιμὸν G3042 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 γῆν, G1093 οὐ G3756 λιμὸν G3042 ἄρτου G740 οὐδὲ G3761 δίψαν ὕδατος, G5204 ἀλλὰ G235 λιμὸν G3042 τοῦ G3588 ἀκοῦσαι G191 λόγον G3056 κυρίου· G2962 [12] καὶ G2532 σαλευθήσονται G4531 ὕδατα G5204 ἕως G2193 θαλάσσης, G2281 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 βορρᾶ G1005 ἕως G2193 ἀνατολῶν G395 περιδραμοῦνται G4063 ζητοῦντες G2212 τὸν G3588 λόγον G3056 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 εὕρωσιν. G2147 [13] Ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 ἐκείνῃ G1565 ἐκλείψουσιν G1587 αἱ G3588 παρθένοι G3933 αἱ G3588 καλαὶ καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 νεανίσκοι G3495 ἐν G1722 δίψει G1373 [14] οἱ G3588 ὀμνύοντες G3660 κατὰ G2596 τοῦ G3588 ἱλασμοῦ G2434 Σαμαρείας G4540 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 λέγοντες G3004 Ζῇ G2198 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 σου, G4675 Δαν, καὶ G2532 ζῇ G2198 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 σου, G4675 Βηρσαβεε· καὶ G2532 πεσοῦνται G4098 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἀναστῶσιν G450 ἔτι. G2089
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