Amos 8 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

A Famine for Hearing the Words of Yahweh

1 Thus ^H3541 Lord ^H136 Yahweh ^H3068 showed ^H7200 me, and behold ^H2009, there was a basket ^H3619 of summer ^H7019 fruit ^H7019.

2 And he said ^H559, “What ^H4100 do you see ^H7200, Amos ^H5986?” And I said ^H559, “A basket ^H3619 of summer ^H7019 fruit ^H7019.” Then Yahweh ^H3068 said ^H559 to me, “The end ^H7093 has come ^H935 for My people ^H5971 Israel ^H3478. I will pass ^H5674 over them no ^H3808 longer ^H3254 H5750. 3 And they will wail ^H3213 with the songs ^H7892 of the palace ^H1964 in that day ^H3117,” declares ^H5002 Lord ^H136 Yahweh ^H3068. “Many ^H7227 will be the corpses ^H6297; in every ^H3605 place ^H4725 [fn]they will cast ^H7993 them forth [fn]in silence ^H2013.”

4 Hear ^H8085 this ^H2088, you who [fn]trample ^H7602 the needy ^H34, even to cause ^H7673 the humble ^H6041 of the land ^H776 to ^H7673 cease ^H7673, 5 saying ^H559,

“When ^H4970 will the new ^H2320 moon ^H2320 pass ^H5674 over ^H5674,

So that we may sell ^H7666 grain ^H7668,

And the sabbath ^H7676, that we may open ^H6605 the wheat ^H1250 market,

To make ^H6994 the [fn]bushel ^H374 smaller ^H6994 and the [fn]shekel ^H8255 bigger ^H1431,

And to cheat ^H5791 with a deceptive ^H4820 balance ^H3976,

6 So as to buy ^H7069 the poor ^H1800 for [fn]money ^H3701

And the needy ^H34 for a pair of sandals ^H5275,

And that we may sell ^H7666 the refuse ^H4651 of the wheat ^H1250?”

7 Yahweh ^H3068 has sworn ^H7650 by the lofty ^H1347 pride ^H1347 of Jacob ^H3290,

“Indeed ^H518, I will never ^H518 H5331 forget ^H7911 any ^H3605 of their works ^H4639.

8 “Because ^H5921 of this ^H2088 will not the land ^H776 tremble ^H7264

And everyone ^H3605 who inhabits ^H3427 it mourn ^H56?

Indeed, all ^H3605 of it will rise ^H5927 up ^H5927 like the Nile ^H2975,

And it will be tossed ^H1644 about ^H1644

And subside ^H8257 like the Nile ^H2975 of Egypt ^H4714.

9 “And it will be ^H1961 in that day ^H3117,” declares ^H5002 Lord ^H136 Yahweh ^H3068,

“That I will make the sun ^H8121 go ^H935 down at noon ^H6672

And make ^H2821 the earth ^H776 dark ^H2821 in [fn]broad ^H216 daylight ^H3117 H216.

10 “Then I will overturn ^H2015 your feasts ^H2282 into mourning ^H60

And all ^H3605 your songs ^H7892 into [fn]lamentation ^H7015;

And I will bring ^H5927 up ^H5927 sackcloth ^H8242 on everyone’s ^H3605 loins ^H4975

And baldness ^H7144 on every ^H3605 head ^H7218.

And I will make ^H7760 it like a time of mourning ^H60 for an only ^H3173 son ^H3173,

And the end ^H319 of it will be like a bitter ^H4751 day ^H3117.

11 “Behold ^H2009, days ^H3117 are coming ^H935,” declares ^H5002 Lord ^H136 Yahweh ^H3068,

“When I will send ^H7971 a famine ^H7458 on the land ^H776,

Not a famine ^H7458 for bread ^H3899 or a thirst ^H6772 for water ^H4325,

But rather ^H3588 H518 for hearing ^H8085 the words ^H1697 of Yahweh ^H3068.

12 “People will wander ^H5128 from sea ^H3220 to sea ^H3220

And from the north ^H6828 even to the east ^H4217;

They will go ^H7751 to and fro ^H7751 to seek ^H1245 the word ^H1697 of Yahweh ^H3068,

But they will not find ^H4672 it.

13 “In that day ^H3117 the beautiful ^H3303 virgins ^H1330

And the choice ^H970 men ^H970 will faint ^H5968 from thirst ^H6772.

14 “As for those who swear ^H7650 by the [fn]guilt ^H819 of Samaria ^H8111,

Who say ^H559, ‘As your god ^H430 lives ^H2416, O Dan ^H1835,’

And, ‘As the way ^H1870 of Beersheba ^H884 lives ^H2416,’

They will fall ^H5307 and not rise ^H6965 again ^H5750.”