Amos:8

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* Thus the Lord GOD showed me : Behold , a basket of summer fruit . * And He said , "Amos , what do you see ?" So I said , "A basket of summer fruit ." Then the LORD said to me : "The end has come upon My people Israel ; I will not pass by them anymore . * And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day ," Says the Lord GOD -- "Many dead bodies everywhere , They shall be thrown out in silence ." * Hear this , you who swallow up the needy , And make the poor of the land fail , * Saying : "When will the New Moon be past , That we may sell grain ? And the Sabbath , That we may trade wheat ? Making the ephah small and the shekel large , Falsifying the scales by deceit , * That we may buy the poor for silver , And the needy for a pair of sandals -- Even sell the bad wheat ?" * The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob : "Surely I will never forget any of their works . * 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 Like the River of Egypt . * "And it shall come to pass in that day ," says the Lord GOD , "That I will make the sun go down at noon , And I will darken the earth in broad daylight ; * I will turn your feasts into mourning , And all your songs into lamentation ; 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 . * "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 of hearing the words of the LORD . * 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 not find it . * "In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall faint from thirst . * Those who swear by the sin of Samaria , Who say , "As your god lives , O Dan !' And , "As the way of Beersheba lives !' They shall fall and never rise again ."

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