Amos 8
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Amos 8

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1ThusH3541 the LordH136 Jehovah showedH7200 me: and, behold, a basketH3619 of summerH7019 fruit. 2And he saidH559, AmosH5986, what seest thou? And I saidH559, A basketH3619 of summerH7019 fruit. Then saidH559 Jehovah unto me, The endH7093 is comeH935 upon my peopleH5971 IsraelH3478; I will not againH5750 passH5674 by them any more. 3And the songsH7892 of the templeH1964 shall be wailings in that dayH3117, saith the LordH136 Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be manyH7227; in every placeH4725 shall they castH7993 them forth with silence.

4HearH8085 this, O ye that would swallow up the needyH34, and cause the poor of the landH776 to fail, 5sayingH559, WhenH4970 will the newH2320 moonH2320 be gone, that we may sellH7666 grainH1250? and the sabbathH7676, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephahH374 smallH6994, and the shekelH8255 greatH1431, and dealing falsely with balances of deceitH4820; 6that we may buyH7069 the poor for silverH3701, and the needyH34 for a pair of shoes, and sellH7666 the refuse of the wheat? 7Jehovah hath swornH7650 by the excellency of JacobH3290, Surely I will never forgetH7911 any of their worksH4639. 8Shall not the landH776 trembleH7264 for this, and every one mournH56 that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the RiverH2975; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the RiverH2975 of EgyptH4714. 9And it shall comeH935 to pass in that dayH3117, saith the LordH136 Jehovah, that I will cause the sunH8121 to goH935 down at noonH6672, and I will darken the earthH776 in the clear dayH3117. 10And I will turn your feastsH2282 into mourningH60, and all your songsH7892 into lamentationH7015; and I will bringH5927 sackclothH8242 upon all loinsH4975, and baldnessH7144 upon every headH7218; and I will makeH7760 it as the mourningH60 for an onlyH3173 sonH3173, and the endH319 thereof as a bitterH4751 dayH3117.

11Behold, the daysH3117 comeH935, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will sendH7971 a famineH7458 in the landH776, not a famineH7458 of breadH3899, nor a thirstH6772 for waterH4325, but of hearingH8085 the wordsH1697 of Jehovah. 12And they shall wanderH5128 from seaH3220 to seaH3220, and from the northH6828 even to the eastH4217; they shall run to and fro to seekH1245 the wordH1697 of Jehovah, and shall not findH4672 it. 13In that dayH3117 shall the fair virginsH1330 and the youngH970 menH970 faintH5968 for thirstH6772. 14They that swearH7650 by the sin of SamariaH8111, and sayH559, As thy godH430, O DanH1835, liveth; and, As the wayH1870 of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fallH5307, and never riseH6965 up againH5750.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain