Amos 8 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Basket of Fruit and Israel’s Captivity

1 This ^H3541 is ^H3541 what ^H3541 the Lord ^H136 [fn]GOD ^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 the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 to me, “The end ^H7093 has come ^H935 for My people ^H5971 Israel ^H3478. I will not [fn]spare ^H5674 them any ^H5750 longer ^H3254 H5750. 3 [fn]The songs ^H7892 of the palace ^H1964 will turn ^H3213 to ^H3213 wailing ^H3213 on that day ^H3117,” declares ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD ^H3068. “The corpses ^H6297 will be many ^H7227; in every ^H3605 place ^H4725 [fn]they will throw ^H7993 them out ^H7993. [fn]Hush ^H2013!”

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

“When ^H4970 will the new ^H2320 moon ^H2320 [fn]be ^H5674 over ^H5674,

So that we may sell ^H7666 grain ^H7668;

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

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

And to cheat ^H5791 with dishonest ^H4820 scales ^H3976,

6 So as to buy ^H7069 the helpless ^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 The LORD ^H3068 has sworn ^H7650 by the pride ^H1347 of Jacob ^H3290,

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

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

And everyone ^H3605 who lives ^H3427 in 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 come ^H1961 about ^H1961 on that day ^H3117,” declares ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD ^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 turn ^H2015 your festivals ^H2282 into mourning ^H60,

And all ^H3605 your songs ^H7892 into songs ^H7015 of ^H7015 mourning ^H7015;

And I will put ^H5927 sackcloth ^H8242 around ^H5921 everyone’s ^H3605 waist ^H4975,

And [fn]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 the Lord ^H136 GOD ^H3068,

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

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

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

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

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

They will roam ^H7751 about ^H7751 to seek ^H1245 the word ^H1697 of the LORD ^H3068,

But they will not find ^H4672 it.

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

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

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

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

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

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