Amos 8

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Basket of Fruit and Israel’s Captivity

8 This is what the Lord ^[a]God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. ²And He said, “What do you see, Amos?” And ^(A)I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The ^(B)end has come for My people Israel. I will not ^[b]^(C)spare them any longer. ³^[c]The ^(D)songs of the palace will turn to ^(E)wailing on that day,” declares the Lord God. “The ^(F)corpses will be many; in every place ^[d]they will throw them out. ^[e]Hush!”

⁴Hear this, you who ^[f]^(G)trample the needy, to put an end to the humble of the land, ⁵saying,

“When will the ^(H)new moon ^[g]be over,
So that we may sell grain;
And the ^(I)Sabbath, so that we may open the wheat market,
To make the ^[h]ephah smaller and the ^[i]shekel bigger,
And to ^(J)cheat with dishonest scales,
⁶So as to ^(K)buy the helpless for ^[j]money,
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

⁷The Lord has ^(L)sworn by the ^(M)pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will ^(N)never forget any of their deeds.
⁸Because of this will the land not ^(O)quake,
And everyone who lives in it ^(P)mourn?
Indeed, all of it will ^(Q)rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
⁹And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the ^(R)sun go down at noon,
And ^(S)make the earth dark in ^[k]broad daylight.
¹⁰Then I will ^(T)turn your festivals into mourning,
And all your songs into songs of mourning;
And I will put ^(U)sackcloth around everyone’s waist,
And ^[l]baldness on every head.
And I will make it ^(V)like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

¹¹“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
But rather ^(W)for hearing the words of the Lord.
¹²People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will roam about to ^(X)seek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.
¹³On that day the beautiful ^(Y)virgins
And the young men will ^(Z)faint from thirst.
¹⁴As for those who swear by the ^[m]^(AA)guilt of Samaria,
And say, ‘As your god lives, ^(AB)Dan,’
And, ‘As the way of ^(AC)Beersheba lives,’
They will fall and ^(AD)not rise again.”

Footnotes

Amos 8:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Amos 8:2 Lit pass him by
Amos 8:3 Lit They will howl the palace songs
Amos 8:3 Lit he has thrown
Amos 8:3 An order for sacred silence
Amos 8:4 Or snap at
Amos 8:5 Lit pass by
Amos 8:5 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
Amos 8:5 About 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
Amos 8:6 Lit silver
Amos 8:9 Lit a day of light
Amos 8:10 I.e., shaved as a sign of mourning
Amos 8:14 Or Ashimah

Amos 9

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God’s Judgment Unavoidable

9 I saw the Lord standing beside the ^(A)altar, and He said,

“Strike the pillar capitals so that the ^(B)thresholds will shake,
And ^(C)break them on the heads of them all!
Then I will ^(D)put to death the rest of them with the sword;
They will ^(E)not have a fugitive who will flee,
Nor a survivor who will escape.
²Though they dig into ^(F)Sheol,
From there My hand will take them;
And though they ^(G)ascend to heaven,
From there I will bring them down.
³And though they hide on the summit of Carmel,
I will ^(H)track them down and take them from there;
And though they ^(I)hide themselves from My sight on the bottom of the sea,
I will command the ^(J)serpent from there, and it will bite them.
⁴And though they go into ^(K)captivity before their enemies,
From there I will command the sword and it will kill them,
And I will ^(L)set My eyes against them for harm and not for good.”

⁵The Lord ^[a]God of armies,
The One who ^(M)touches the land so that it quakes,
And ^(N)all those who live in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
⁶The One who builds His ^(O)upper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,
He who ^(P)calls for the waters of the sea
And ^(Q)pours them out on the face of the earth,
^(R)The Lord is His name.

⁷“Are you not as the sons of ^(S)Ethiopia to Me,
You sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the ^(T)Philistines from Caphtor and the ^(U)Arameans from ^(V)Kir?
⁸Behold, the ^(W)eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will ^(X)eliminate it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will ^(Y)not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord.
⁹“For behold, I am commanding,
And I will ^(Z)shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a pebble will fall to the ground.
¹⁰All the ^(AA)sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘^(AB)The catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’

The Restoration of Israel

¹¹“On that day I will ^(AC)raise up the fallen ^[b]^(AD)shelter of David,
And wall up its ^(AE)gaps;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the ^(AF)days of old;
¹²^(AG)So that they may ^[c]possess the remnant of ^(AH)Edom
And all the ^[d]nations who are ^(AI)called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.

¹³“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the ^(AJ)plowman will overtake the reaper,
And the one who treads grapes will overtake him who sows the seed;
When the ^(AK)mountains will drip grape juice,
And all the hills will come apart.
¹⁴I will also ^(AL)restore the fortunes of My people Israel,
And they will ^(AM)rebuild the desolated cities and live in them;
They will also ^(AN)plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
¹⁵I will also plant them on their land,
And ^(AO)they will not be uprooted again from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

Footnotes

Amos 9:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Amos 9:11 Heb sukkah; i.e., hut or dwelling
Amos 9:12 Or take possession of
Amos 9:12 Or Gentiles

Obadiah

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Edom Will Be Humbled

¹The vision of Obadiah.

This is what the Lord ^[a]God says concerning ^(A)Edom—

^(B)We have heard a report from the Lord,
And a ^(C)messenger has been sent among the nations saying,
“^(D)Arise, and let’s go up against her for battle”—
²“Behold, I will make you ^(E)small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
³The ^(F)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
The one who lives in the clefts of ^[b]the ^(G)rock,
On the height of his dwelling place,
Who says in his heart,
‘^(H)Who will bring me down to earth?’
⁴Though you ^(I)make your home high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the ^(J)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
⁵“If ^(K)thieves came to you,
If ^[c]robbers by night—
Oh how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only ^[d]until they had enough?
If grape-pickers came to you,
^(L)Would they not leave some gleanings?
⁶Oh how Esau will be ^(M)searched,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
⁷All the ^(N)people ^[e]allied with you
Will send you to the border,
And the people at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your ^(O)bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is ^(P)no understanding ^[f]in him.)
⁸Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
“^(Q)Eliminate wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
⁹Then your ^(R)warriors will be filled with terror, ^(S)Teman,
So that everyone will be ^(T)eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.

¹⁰“Because of ^(U)violence to your brother Jacob,
Shame will cover you,
^(V)And you will be eliminated forever.
¹¹On the day that you ^(W)stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And ^(X)cast lots for Jerusalem—
^(Y)You too were as one of them.
¹²^(Z)Do not ^[g]gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And ^(AA)do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
On the day of their destruction;
Yes, ^(AB)do not ^[h]boast
On the day of their distress.
¹³Do not enter the gate of My people
On the ^(AC)day of their disaster.
You indeed, do not ^[i]gloat over their catastrophe
On the day of their disaster.
And do not ^(AD)lay a hand on their wealth
On the day of their disaster.
¹⁴Do not ^(AE)stand at the crossroads
To eliminate their survivors;
And do not hand over their refugees
On the day of their distress.

The Day of the Lord and the Future

¹⁵“For the ^(AF)day of the Lord is near for all the nations.
^(AG)Just as you have done, it will be done to you.
Your ^(AH)dealings will return on your own head.
¹⁶For just as you ^(AI)drank on ^(AJ)My holy mountain,
All the nations ^(AK)will drink continually.
They will drink ^[j]to the last drop,
And become as if they had never existed.
¹⁷But on Mount ^(AL)Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will ^[k]^(AM)possess their ^[l]property.
¹⁸Then the house of Jacob will be a ^(AN)fire,
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be like stubble.
And they will set ^[m]them on fire and consume ^[n]them,
So that there will be ^(AO)no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
¹⁹Then those of the ^[o]Negev will ^[p]^(AP)possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the ^[q]Shephelah the ^(AQ)Philistine plain;
Also, ^(AR)they will ^[r]possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin the territory of Gilead.
²⁰And the exiles of this army of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as ^(AS)Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad,
Will ^[s]possess the ^(AT)cities of the Negev.
²¹^[t]The ^(AU)deliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the ^(AV)kingdom will be the Lord’s.