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Amos 8

Hebrew Names Version HNV

1 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.

2 He said, "`Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me, "The end has come on my people Yisra'el. I will not again pass by them any more.

3 The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord GOD. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.

4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, And cause the poor of the land to fail,

5 Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Shabbat, that we may market wheat, Making the efah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

6 That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"

7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Ya`akov, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

8 Won't the land tremble for this, And everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; And it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Mitzrayim.

9 "It will happen in that day," says the Lord GOD, "That I will cause the sun to go down at noon, And I will darken the eretz in the clear day.

10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; And I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, And baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, And the end of it like a bitter day.

11 Behold, the days come," says the Lord GOD, "That I will send a famine in the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD.

12 They will wander from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east; They will run back and forth to seek the word of the LORD, And will not find it.

13 In that day the beautiful virgins And the young men will faint for thirst.

14 Those who swear by the sin of Shomron, And say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' And, 'As the way of Be'er-Sheva lives;' They will fall, and never rise up again."

The Message Bible MSG

1 My Master God showed me this vision: A bowl of fresh fruit.

2 He said, "What do you see, Amos?" I said, "A bowl of fresh, ripe fruit." God said, "Right. So, I'm calling it quits with my people Israel. I'm no longer acting as if everything is just fine."

3 "The royal singers will wail when it happens." My Master God said so. "Corpses will be strewn here, there, and everywhere. Hush!"

4 Listen to this, you who walk all over the weak, you who treat poor people as less than nothing,

5 Who say, "When's my next paycheck coming so I can go out and live it up? How long till the weekend when I can go out and have a good time?" Who give little and take much, and never do an honest day's work.

6 You exploit the poor, using them - and then, when they're used up, you discard them.

7 God swears against the arrogance of Jacob: "I'm keeping track of their every last sin."

8 God's oath will shake earth's foundations, dissolve the whole world into tears. God's oath will sweep in like a river that rises, flooding houses and lands, And then recedes, leaving behind a sea of mud.

9 "On Judgment Day, watch out!" These are the words of God, my Master. "I'll turn off the sun at noon. In the middle of the day the earth will go black.

10 I'll turn your parties into funerals and make every song you sing a dirge. Everyone will walk around in rags, with sunken eyes and bald heads. Think of the worst that could happen - your only son, say, murdered. That's a hint of Judgment Day - that and much more.

11 "Oh yes, Judgment Day is coming!" These are the words of my Master God. "I'll send a famine through the whole country. It won't be food or water that's lacking, but my Word.

12 People will drift from one end of the country to the other, roam to the north, wander to the east. They'll go anywhere, listen to anyone, hoping to hear God's Word - but they won't hear it.

13 "On Judgment Day, lovely young girls will faint of Word-thirst, robust young men will faint of God-thirst,

14 Along with those who take oaths at the Samaria Sin-and-Sex Center, saying, 'As the lord god of Dan is my witness!' and 'The lady goddess of Beer-sheba bless you!' Their lives will fall to pieces. They'll never put it together again."