Chapter 8

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed⁵² unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

And he said,⁴ Amos, what seest⁶ thou? And I said,⁴ A basket of summer fruit. Then said⁴ the LORD unto me, The end is come¹ upon my people of Israel; I will not again⁵⁵ pass² by them any more.

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings⁵² in that day, saith⁷ the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth⁵² with silence.¹⁶

Hear³ this, O ye that swallow up⁶ the needy, even to make the poor ⁶⁰³⁵ of the land to fail,⁵³

Saying,² When will the new moon be gone,⁴ that we may sell⁵⁵ corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth⁴ wheat, making the ephah small,⁵³ and the shekel great,⁵³ and falsifying¹⁵ the balances by deceit?

That we may buy² the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell⁵⁵ the refuse of the wheat?

The LORD hath sworn⁸ by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never ⁵³³¹ forget⁴ any of their works.

Shall not the land tremble⁴ for this, and every one mourn¹ that dwelleth⁶ therein? and it shall rise up¹ wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out⁸ and drowned,^{8 8248 8} as [by] the flood of Egypt.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith⁷ the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down⁵² at noon, and I will darken⁵² the earth in the clear day:

And I will turn¹ your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up⁵² sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make¹ it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.

Behold, the days come,⁶ saith⁷ the Lord GOD, that I will send⁵² a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing² the words of the LORD:

And they shall wander¹ from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro³⁴ to seek¹⁵ the word of the LORD, and shall not find⁴ [it].

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint¹⁰¹ for thirst.

They that swear¹² by the sin of Samaria, and say,¹ Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall,¹ and never rise up⁴ again.