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The Prophet Amos

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- Chapter 8 -

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Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, and behold, a basket of summer fruite.
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And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I sayd, A basket of sommer fruite. Then sayd the Lord vnto me, The ende is come vpon my people of Israel, I wil passe by them no more.
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And the songs of the Temple shalbe howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies shalbe in euery place: they shall cast them forth with silence.
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Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,
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Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?
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That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.
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The Lord hath sworne by the excellencie of Iaakob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.
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Shall not the lande tremble for this, and euery one mourne, that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise vp wholy as a flood, and it shall bee cast out, and drowned as by the flood of Egypt.
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And in that day, saith the Lord God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.
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And I will turne your feastes into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnes vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the ende thereof as a bitter day.
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Beholde, the dayes come, sayeth the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the lande, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
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And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the North euen vnto the East shall they run to and from to seeke the worde of the Lord, and shall not finde it.
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In that day shall the faire virgines and the yong men perish for thirst.
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They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria, and that say, Thy God, O Dan, liueth, and the maner of Beer-sheba liueth, euen they shall fall, and neuer rise vp againe.
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
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He said, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me, “The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
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The songs of the temple will be wailing in that day,” says the Lord GOD. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
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Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
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saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah(a) small, and the shekel (b) large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
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that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’”
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The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.
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Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
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It will happen in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
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I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.
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Behold, the days come,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the LORD’s words.
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They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the LORD’s word, and will not find it.
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In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.
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Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives,’ and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’ they will fall, and never rise up again.”

Footnotes

(a)8:5 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
(b)8:5 a normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
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