Amos 8:2-4

Good News Translation

² The Lord asked, “Amos, what do you see?”

“A basket of fruit,” I answered.

The Lord said to me, “The end^[a] has come for my people Israel. I will not change my mind again about punishing them. ³ On that day the songs in the palace will become cries of mourning. There will be dead bodies everywhere. They will be cast out in silence.”^[b]

Israel's Doom

⁴ Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country.