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 [a](C)spare them no longer. [b]The (D)songs of the palace will turn to (E)wailing in that day,” declares the Lord God. “Many will be the (F)corpses; in every place [c]they will cast them forth [d]in silence.”

Hear this, you who [e](G)trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:2 Lit pass him by
  2. Amos 8:3 Or They will howl the palace songs
  3. Amos 8:3 Lit he has thrown
  4. Amos 8:3 Or hush!
  5. Amos 8:4 Or snap at