Amo 8 | ABEn | STEP | Thus [ 2 showed 3 to me 1 the lord ]. And behold, a container of a fowler.

Amos 8

CHAPTER 8 The Container of a Fowler

1 Thus [²showed ³to me ¹the lord]. And behold, a container of a fowler. 2 And the lord said, What do you see, Amos? And I said, A container of a fowler. And the lord said to me, [³is come ¹The ²end] for my people Israel; I shall not proceed any longer to pass by them. 3 And [⁵shall shriek ¹the ²fretworks ³of the ⁴temple] in that day, says the lord. And there shall be many falling; in every place I will cast a silence. 4 Hear indeed these things! O ones obliterating the needy, and tyrannizing the poor of the land. 5 Saying, When shall [³go by ¹the ²month] that we shall make trade, and the Sabbaths, that we shall open the treasury to make the measure small, and to unequally magnify the scale-weight, and to make the yoke balance scale unjust? 6 That we may acquire [²by ³silver ¹the poor], and the needy in return for sandals; and of every business we shall trade. 7 The lord swears an oath according to the pride of Jacob, Shall there be forgotten for victory any of their works, no. 8 And concerning these things, [⁴not ¹shall ⁵be disturbed ²the ³land], and [⁶mourn ¹all ²the ones ³dwelling ⁴in ⁵it]? And [³shall ascend ⁴as ⁵a river ¹the ²consumption], and shall go down as the river of Egypt. 9 And it will be in that day, says the lord, [³shall go down ¹the ²sun] at midday, and [³shall darken ⁴upon ⁵the ⁶earth ⁷during ⁸the day ¹the ²light]; 10 and I will convert your holiday feasts into mourning, and all your songs into wailing. And I will bring upon every loin, sackcloth; and upon every head, baldness. And I will appoint him as one mourning a beloved one; and the ones with him as a day of grief.

A Famine of the Word

11 Behold days come, says the lord, and I will send out famine upon the land; not a famine of bread loaves, nor famine of water, but a famine to hear the word of the lord. 12 And [²shall shake ¹waters] from the sea unto sea. And from north unto east ones shall run about seeking the word of the lord, and in no way should they find. 13 In that day [⁷will dissipate ¹the ³virgins ²fair ⁴and ⁵the ⁶young men] by thirst. 14 The ones swearing an oath according to the atonement of Samaria, and ones saying, [²lives ¹Your God], O Dan; and your God, O Beer-sheba. And they shall fall and in no way should they rise up again.