Dual Panel1Thus<3541> the Lord<136> GOD<3068> showed<7200> me, and behold<2009>, there was a basket<3619> of summer<7019> fruit<7019>.
2He said<559>, "What<4100> do you see<7200>, Amos<5986>?" And I said<559>, "A basket<3619> of summer<7019> fruit<7019>." Then the LORD<3068> said<559> to me, "The end<7093> has come<935> for My people<5971> Israel<3478>. I will spare<5674> them no<3808> longer<3254><5750>.
3"The songs<7892> of the palace<1964> will turn<3213> to wailing<3213> in that day<3117>," declares<5002> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>. "Many<7227> will be the corpses<6297>; in every<3605> place<4725> they will cast<7993> them forth in silence<2013>."
4Hear<8085> this<2088>, you who trample<7602> the needy<34>, to do<7673> away<7673> with the humble<6041> of the land<776>,
5saying<559>, "When<4970> will the new<2320> moon<2320> be over<5674>, So that we may sell<7666> grain<7668>, And the sabbath<7676>, that we may open<6605> the wheat<1250> market, To make<6994> the bushel<374> smaller<6994> and the shekel<8255> bigger<1431>, And to cheat<5791> with dishonest<4820> scales<3976>,
6So as to buy<7069> the helpless<1800> for money<3701> And the needy<34> for a pair of sandals<5275>, And that we may sell<7666> the refuse<4651> of the wheat<1250>?"
7The LORD<3068> has sworn<7650> by the pride<1347> of Jacob<3290>, "Indeed<518>, I will never<518><5331> forget<7911> any<3605> of their deeds<4639>.
8"Because<5921> of this<2088> will not the land<776> quake<7264> And everyone<3605> who dwells<3427> in it mourn<56>? Indeed, all<3605> of it will rise<5927> up like the Nile<2975>, And it will be tossed<1644> about<1644> And subside<8257> like the Nile<2975> of Egypt<4714>.
9"It will come<1961> about in that day<3117>," declares<5002> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>, "That I will make the sun<8121> go<935> down at noon<6672> And make<2821> the earth<776> dark<2821> in broad<216> daylight<3117><216>.
10"Then I will turn<2015> your festivals<2282> into mourning<60> And all<3605> your songs<7892> into lamentation<7015>; And I will bring<5927> sackcloth<8242> on everyone's<3605> loins<4975> And baldness<7144> on every<3605> head<7218>. And I will make<7760> it like a time of mourning<60> for an only<3173> son<3173>, And the end<319> of it will be like a bitter<4751> day<3117>.
11"Behold<2009>, days<3117> are coming<935>," declares<5002> the Lord<136> GOD<306>, "When I will send<7971> a famine<7458> on the land<776>, Not a famine<7458> for bread<3899> or a thirst<6772> for water<4325>, But rather<3588><518> for hearing<8085> the words<1697> of the LORD<3068>.
12"People will stagger<5128> from sea<3220> to sea<3220> And from the north<6828> even to the east<4217>; They will go<7751> to and fro<7751> to seek<1245> the word<1697> of the LORD<3068>, But they will not find<4672> it.
13"In that day<3117> the beautiful<3303> virgins<1330> And the young<970> men<970> will faint<5968> from thirst<6772>.
14"As for those who swear<7650> by the guilt<819> of Samaria<8111>, Who say<559>, 'As your god<430> lives<2416>, O Dan<1835>,' And, 'As the way<1870> of Beersheba<884> lives<2416>,' They will fall<5307> and not rise<6965> again<5750>."