Amos 8

Basket of Fruit and Israel’s Captivity

1ThusH3541 the LordH136 1GodH3068 showedH7200 me, and beholdH2009, there was a basketH3619 of summerH7019 fruitH7019. 2He saidH559, “WhatH4100 do you seeH7200, AmosH5986?” And 2I saidH559, “A basketH3619 of summerH7019 fruitH7019.” Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to me, “The 3endH7093 has comeH935 for My peopleH5971 IsraelH3478. I will 45spareH5674 them noH3808 longerH3254H5750. 36The 7songsH7892 of the palaceH1964 will turnH3213 to 8wailingH3213 in that dayH3117,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068. “ManyH7227 will be the 9corpsesH6297; in everyH3605 placeH4725 10they will castH7993 them forth 11in silenceH2013.”

4HearH8085 thisH2088, you who 1213trampleH7602 the needyH34, to doH7673 awayH7673 with the humbleH6041 of the landH776, 5sayingH559, “WhenH4970 will the 14newH2320 moonH2320 15be overH5674, So that we may sellH7666 grainH7668, And the 16sabbathH7676, that we may openH6605 the wheatH1250 market, To makeH6994 the 17bushelH374 smallerH6994 and the shekelH8255 biggerH1431, And to 18cheatH5791 with 19dishonestH4820 scalesH3976,6So as to 20buyH7069 the helplessH1800 for 21moneyH3701 And the needyH34 for a pair of sandalsH5275, And that we may sellH7666 the refuseH4651 of the wheatH1250?”

7The LordH3068 has 22swornH7650 by the 23prideH1347 of JacobH3290, “IndeedH518, I will 24neverH518H5331 forgetH7911 anyH3605 of their deedsH4639.8BecauseH5921 of thisH2088 will not the landH776 25quakeH7264 And everyoneH3605 who dwellsH3427 in it 26mournH56? Indeed, allH3605 of it will 27riseH5927 up like the NileH2975, And it will be tossedH1644 aboutH1644 And subsideH8257 like the NileH2975 of EgyptH4714.9It will comeH1961 about in that dayH3117,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “That I will make the 28sunH8121 goH935 down at noonH6672 And 29makeH2821 the earthH776 darkH2821 in 30broadH216 daylightH3117H216.10Then I will 31turnH2015 your festivalsH2282 into mourningH60 And allH3605 your songsH7892 into 32lamentationH7015; And I will bringH5927 33sackclothH8242 on everyone’sH3605 loinsH4975 And baldnessH7144 on everyH3605 headH7218. And I will makeH7760 it 34like a time of mourningH60 for an onlyH3173 sonH3173, And the endH319 of it will be like a bitterH4751 dayH3117.

11“BeholdH2009, daysH3117 are comingH935,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “When I will sendH7971 a famineH7458 on the landH776, Not a famineH7458 for breadH3899 or a thirstH6772 for waterH4325, But ratherH3588H518 35for hearingH8085 the wordsH1697 of the LordH3068.12People will staggerH5128 from seaH3220 to seaH3220 And from the northH6828 even to the eastH4217; They will goH7751 to and froH7751 to 36seekH1245 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, But they will not findH4672 it.13In that dayH3117 the beautifulH3303 37virginsH1330 And the youngH970 menH970 will 38faintH5968 from thirstH6772.14As for those who swearH7650 by the 3940guiltH819 of SamariaH8111, Who sayH559, ‘As your godH430 livesH2416, O 41DanH1835,’ And, ‘As the wayH1870 of 42BeershebaH884 livesH2416,’ They will fallH5307 and 43not riseH6965 againH5750.”