Amos 8



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 * , 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.