Thus hath the Lord GOD
shewed
unto me: and behold a basket
of summer fruit
.
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.
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
.
Hear this, O ye that swallow up
the needy
, even to make
the poor
of the land
to fail
,
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
?
That we may buy the poor
for silver
, and the needy
for a pair of shoes
; yea , and sell
the refuse
of the wheat
?
The LORD hath sworn
by the excellency
of Jacob
, Surely I will never
forget
any of their works
.
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
, as by the flood
of Egypt
.
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
:
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
.
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
:
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 .
In that day shall the fair
virgins
and young men
faint
for thirst
.
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.