And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of [a]summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel, I will pass by them no more.

And the songs of the Temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies shall be in every place: they shall cast them forth with [b]silence.

Hear this, O ye that [c]swallow up the poor, that ye may make the needy of the land to fail,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:2 Which signified the ripeness of their sins, and the readiness of God’s judgments.
  2. Amos 8:3 There shall be none left to mourn for them.
  3. Amos 8:4 By staying the sale of food, and necessary things which you have gotten into your own hands, and so cause the poor to spend quickly that little that they have, and at length for necessity to become your slaves.

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