Amos 8:1-3

New American Standard Bible

Basket of Fruit and Israel’s Captivity

8 This is what the Lord ^[a]God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. ² And He said, “What do you see, Amos?” And ^(A)I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The ^(B)end has come for My people Israel. I will not ^[b](C)spare them any longer. ^3 [c]The ^(D)songs of the palace will turn to ^(E)wailing on that day,” declares the Lord God. “The ^(F)corpses will be many; in every place ^[d]they will throw them out. ^[e]Hush!”