Amos 8
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Amos 8:4-14

4HearH8085 thisH2088, you who 12trampleH7602 the needyH34, to doH7673 awayH7673 with the humbleH6041 of the landH776, 5sayingH559, “WhenH4970 will the 3newH2320 moonH2320 4be overH5674, So that we may sellH7666 grainH7668, And the 5sabbathH7676, that we may openH6605 the wheatH1250 market, To makeH6994 the 6bushelH374 smallerH6994 and the shekelH8255 biggerH1431, And to 7cheatH5791 with 8dishonestH4820 scalesH3976,6So as to 9buyH7069 the helplessH1800 for 10moneyH3701 And the needyH34 for a pair of sandalsH5275, And that we may sellH7666 the refuseH4651 of the wheatH1250?”

7The LordH3068 has 11swornH7650 by the 12prideH1347 of JacobH3290, “IndeedH518, I will 13neverH518H5331 forgetH7911 anyH3605 of their deedsH4639.8BecauseH5921 of thisH2088 will not the landH776 14quakeH7264 And everyoneH3605 who dwellsH3427 in it 15mournH56? Indeed, allH3605 of it will 16riseH5927 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 17sunH8121 goH935 down at noonH6672 And 18makeH2821 the earthH776 darkH2821 in 19broadH216 daylightH3117H216.10Then I will 20turnH2015 your festivalsH2282 into mourningH60 And allH3605 your songsH7892 into 21lamentationH7015; And I will bringH5927 22sackclothH8242 on everyone’sH3605 loinsH4975 And baldnessH7144 on everyH3605 headH7218. And I will makeH7760 it 23like 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 24for 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 25seekH1245 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, But they will not findH4672 it.13In that dayH3117 the beautifulH3303 26virginsH1330 And the youngH970 menH970 will 27faintH5968 from thirstH6772.14As for those who swearH7650 by the 2829guiltH819 of SamariaH8111, Who sayH559, ‘As your godH430 livesH2416, O 30DanH1835,’ And, ‘As the wayH1870 of 31BeershebaH884 livesH2416,’ They will fallH5307 and 32not riseH6965 againH5750.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 8:4 Or snap at ↩
  2. 2. Amos 8:4 Ps 14:4; Prov 30:14; Amos 2:7; 5:11, 12 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 8:5 Num 28:11; 2 Kin 4:23 ↩
  4. 4. Amos 8:5 Lit pass by ↩
  5. 5. Amos 8:5 Ex 31:13-17; Neh 13:15 ↩
  6. 6. Amos 8:5 Lit ephah ↩
  7. 7. Amos 8:5 Hos 12:7; Mic 6:11 ↩
  8. 8. Amos 8:5 Lit balances of deception ↩
  9. 9. Amos 8:6 Amos 2:6 ↩
  10. 10. Amos 8:6 Lit silver ↩
  11. 11. Amos 8:7 Amos 4:2 ↩
  12. 12. Amos 8:7 Deut 33:26, 29; Ps 68:34; Amos 6:8 ↩
  13. 13. Amos 8:7 Ps 10:11; Hos 7:2; 8:13 ↩
  14. 14. Amos 8:8 Ps 18:7; 60:2; Is 5:25 ↩
  15. 15. Amos 8:8 Hos 4:3 ↩
  16. 16. Amos 8:8 Jer 46:7, 8; Amos 9:5 ↩
  17. 17. Amos 8:9 Job 5:14; Is 13:10; Jer 15:9; Mic 3:6 ↩
  18. 18. Amos 8:9 Is 59:9, 10; Amos 4:13; 5:8 ↩
  19. 19. Amos 8:9 Lit a day of light ↩
  20. 20. Amos 8:10 Job 20:23; Amos 5:21 ↩
  21. 21. Amos 8:10 Or a dirge ↩
  22. 22. Amos 8:10 Is 15:2, 3; Jer 48:37; Ezek 7:18; 27:31 ↩
  23. 23. Amos 8:10 Jer 6:26; Zech 12:10 ↩
  24. 24. Amos 8:11 1 Sam 3:1; 2 Chr 15:3; Ps 74:9; Ezek 7:26; Mic 3:6 ↩
  25. 25. Amos 8:12 Ezek 20:3, 31 ↩
  26. 26. Amos 8:13 Lam 1:18; 2:21 ↩
  27. 27. Amos 8:13 Is 41:17; Hos 2:3 ↩
  28. 28. Amos 8:14 Or Ashimah ↩
  29. 29. Amos 8:14 Hos 8:5 ↩
  30. 30. Amos 8:14 1 Kin 12:28, 29 ↩
  31. 31. Amos 8:14 Amos 5:5 ↩
  32. 32. Amos 8:14 Amos 5:2 ↩

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