Amos 8:2-4

Modern English Version

²He said, “Amos, what do you see?”

And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”

Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come upon My people Israel. I will forgive them no more.

³“The songs of the temple shall become wailings on that day,” says the Lord God. “The corpses shall be many, cast down everywhere. Hush!”

⁴Hear this, you who trample on the needy
to make the poor of the land fail,

Amos 8:2-4

New International Version

²“What do you see,^(A) Amos?^(B)” he asked.

“A basket^(C) 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.^(D)

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

⁴Hear this, you who trample the needy
and do away with the poor^(G) of the land,^(H)

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