Amos 8:1-3

New Century Version

8 This is what the Lord God showed me: a basket of summer fruit. ²He said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”

I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”

Then the Lord said to me, “An end^[a] has come for my people Israel, because I will not overlook their sins anymore.

³“On that day the palace songs will become funeral songs,” says the Lord God. “There will be dead bodies thrown everywhere! Silence!”

8:2 end The Hebrew word for “end” sounds like the Hebrew word for “summer fruit.”

Amos 8:1-3

New International Version

8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:^(A) a basket of ripe fruit. ²“What do you see,^(B) Amos?^(C)” he asked.

“A basket^(D) of ripe fruit,” I answered.

Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.^(E)

³“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.^[a]^(F) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!^(G)”

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