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Amos Chapter 8 (NKJV Bible)

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

² And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me: [1†]“The end has come upon My people Israel; [2†]I will not pass by them anymore.

³ And [3†]the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day,” Says the Lord GOD— “Many dead bodies everywhere, [4†]They shall be thrown out in silence.”

⁴ Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,

⁵ Saying: “When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And [5†]the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? [6†]Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by [7†]deceit,

⁶ That we may buy the poor for [8†]silver, And the needy for a pair of sandals— Even sell the bad wheat?”

⁷ The LORD has sworn by [9†]the pride of Jacob: “Surely [10†]I will never forget any of their works.

⁸ [11†]Shall the land not tremble for this, And everyone mourn who dwells in it? All of it shall swell like the River, Heave and subside [12†]Like the River of Egypt.

⁹ “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord GOD, [13†]“That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;

¹⁰ I will turn your feasts into [14†]mourning, [15†]And all your songs into lamentation; [16†]I will bring sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day.

¹¹ “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But [17†]of hearing the words of the LORD.

¹² They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, But shall [18†]not find it.

¹³ “In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall faint from thirst.

¹⁴ Those who [19†]swear by [20†]the sin of Samaria, Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan!’ And, ‘As the way of [21†]Beersheba lives!’ They shall fall and never rise again.”

#	NKJV Bible
1	Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.
2	And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me: [1†]“The end has come upon My people Israel; [2†]I will not pass by them anymore.
3	And [3†]the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day,” Says the Lord GOD— “Many dead bodies everywhere, [4†]They shall be thrown out in silence.”
4	Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,
5	Saying: “When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And [5†]the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? [6†]Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by [7†]deceit,
6	That we may buy the poor for [8†]silver, And the needy for a pair of sandals— Even sell the bad wheat?”
7	The LORD has sworn by [9†]the pride of Jacob: “Surely [10†]I will never forget any of their works.
8	[11†]Shall the land not tremble for this, And everyone mourn who dwells in it? All of it shall swell like the River, Heave and subside [12†]Like the River of Egypt.
9	“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord GOD, [13†]“That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;
10	I will turn your feasts into [14†]mourning, [15†]And all your songs into lamentation; [16†]I will bring sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day.
11	“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But [17†]of hearing the words of the LORD.
12	They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, But shall [18†]not find it.
13	“In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall faint from thirst.
14	Those who [19†]swear by [20†]the sin of Samaria, Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan!’ And, ‘As the way of [21†]Beersheba lives!’ They shall fall and never rise again.”