Amos 8:1-3

Modern English Version

8 This is what the Lord God showed me: a basket of summer fruit. ²He said, “Amos, what do you see?”

And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”

Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come upon My people Israel. I will forgive them no more.

³“The songs of the temple shall become wailings on that day,” says the Lord God. “The corpses shall be many, cast down everywhere. Hush!”

Amos 8:1-3

New International Version

8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:^(A) a basket of ripe fruit. ²“What do you see,^(B) Amos?^(C)” he asked.

“A basket^(D) 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.^(E)

³“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.^[a]^(F) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!^(G)”

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