Amos 8:4-12

New King James Version

⁴ Hear this, you who ^[a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,

“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And ^(A)the Sabbath,
That we may ^[b]trade wheat?
^(B)Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by ^(C)deceit,
⁶ That we may buy the poor for ^(D)silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”

⁷ The Lord has sworn by ^(E)the pride of Jacob:
“Surely ^(F)I will never forget any of their works.
^8 (G)Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like ^[c]the River,
Heave and subside
^(H)Like the River of Egypt.

⁹ “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
^(I)“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in ^[d]broad daylight;
¹⁰ I will turn your feasts into ^(J)mourning,
^(K)And all your songs into lamentation;
^(L)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.

¹¹ “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 ^(M)of hearing the words of the Lord.
¹² 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 ^(N)not find it.