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Amos 8:2-4
New King James Version
Amos 8:2-4
New King James Version
2 And He said, “Amos, what do you see?”
So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”
Then the Lord said to me:
(A)“The end has come upon My people Israel;
(B)I will not pass by them anymore.
3 And (C)the songs of the temple
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord God—
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
(D)They shall be thrown out in silence.”
4 Hear this, you who [a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,
Amos 8:2-4
New International Version
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)”
Footnotes
- Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail
Amos 8:2-4
King James Version
Amos 8:2-4
King James Version
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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Amos 8:2-4
English Standard Version
Amos 8:2-4
English Standard Version
2 And he said, (A)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, (B)“A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,
(C)“The end[a] has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass by them.
3 (D)The songs of the temple[b] (E)shall become wailings[c] in that day,”
declares the Lord God.
(F)“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
(G)“Silence!”
4 Hear this, (H)you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
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