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And He said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord to me, The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by and spare them any more.

And the songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day, says the Lord God. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth in silence.

Hear this, O you who would swallow up and trample down the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail and come to an end,

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“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)

“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)

Hear this, you who trample the needy
    and do away with the poor(G) of the land,(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail