Amo 8 | NASB1995 | STEP | Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold , there was a basket of summer fruit .

Amos 8

Basket of Fruit and Israel’s Captivity

1 Thus the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord , and so throughout the ch}God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. 2 He said, “What do you see, Amos?” And ^bI said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The ^cend has come for My people Israel. I will ^{▼▼ Lit pass him by
,} ^espare them no longer. 3 ^{▼▼ Or They will howl the palace songs}“The ^gsongs of the palace will turn to ^hwailing in that day,” declares the Lord God. “Many will be the ⁱcorpses; in every place ^{▼▼ Lit he has thrown}they will cast them forth ^{▼▼ Or hush!}in silence.”

4 Hear this, you who ^{▼▼ Or snap at
,} ^mtrample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land, 5 saying, “When will the ⁿnew moon ^{▼▼ Lit pass by}be over,
So that we may sell grain,
And the ^psabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make the ^{▼▼ Lit ephah}bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And to ^rcheat with ^{▼▼ Lit balances of deception}dishonest scales,
6 So as to ^tbuy the helpless for ^{▼▼ Lit silver}money
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

7 The Lord has ^vsworn by the ^wpride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will ^xnever forget any of their deeds.
8 “Because of this will not the land ^yquake
And everyone who dwells in it ^zmourn?
Indeed, all of it will ^aarise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
9 “It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the ^absun go down at noon
And ^acmake the earth dark in ^{▼▼ Lit a day of light}broad daylight.
10 “Then I will ^aeturn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into ^{▼▼ Or a dirge}lamentation;
And I will bring ^agsackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it ^ahlike a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

11 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather ^aifor hearing the words of the Lord.
12 “People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will go to and fro to ^ajseek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.
13 “In that day the beautiful ^akvirgins
And the young men will ^alfaint from thirst.
14 “As for those who swear by the ^{▼▼ Or Ashimah
,} ^anguilt of Samaria,
Who say, ‘As your god lives, O ^aoDan,’
And, ‘As the way of ^apBeersheba lives,’
They will fall and ^aqnot rise again.”