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Amos 8
English Standard Version
Amos 8
English Standard Version
The Coming Day of Bitter Mourning
8 (A)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, (B)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, (C)“A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,
(D)“The end[a] has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass by them.
3 (E)The songs of the temple[b] (F)shall become wailings[c] in that day,”
declares the Lord God.
(G)“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
(H)“Silence!”
4 Hear this, (I)you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will (J)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (K)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (L)the ephah small and the shekel[d] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for (M)silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
7 The Lord has sworn by (N)the pride of Jacob:
“Surely (O)I will never forget any of their deeds.
8 (P)Shall not the land tremble on this account,
and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
(Q)and all of it rise like the Nile,
and be tossed about (R)and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”
9 “And on that day,” declares the Lord God,
(S)“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 (T)I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
(U)I will bring sackcloth on every waist
(V)and baldness on every head;
(W)I will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.
11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“when (X)I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
(Y)but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 (Z)They shall wander from sea to sea,
and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
(AA)but they shall not find it.
Amos 8
Amplified Bible
Amos 8
Amplified Bible
Basket of Fruit and Israel’s Captivity
8 Thus the Lord God showed me [a vision], and behold, there was a basket of [overripe] summer fruit. 2 And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer [for the nation is ripe for judgment]. 3 In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the Lord God. “There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.”
4 Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land, 5 saying,
“When will the New Moon [festival] be over
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
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So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves]
And the [a]needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”
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The Lord has sworn [an oath] by the pride of Jacob,
“Surely I shall never forget [nor leave unpunished] any of their [rebellious] acts.
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“Because of this [coming judgment] will the land not quake
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
Indeed, all of it shall rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed around [from the impact of judgment]
And [afterward] subside again like the Nile of Egypt.
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“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord God,
“That I shall cause the sun to go down at noon,
And I shall darken the earth in broad daylight.(A)
10
“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning
And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung);
And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s [b]loins
And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning].
And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died],
And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.
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“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“When I will send hunger over the land,
Not hunger for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather [a hunger] for hearing the words of the Lord.
12
“People shall stagger from sea to sea [to the very ends of the earth]
And from the north even to the east;
They will roam here and there to seek the word of the Lord [longing for it as essential for life],
But they will not find it.
13
“In that day the beautiful virgins
And [even the vigorous] young men shall faint from thirst.
14
“Those who swear [their oaths] by the sin (guilt) of Samaria or Ashimah (a pagan goddess),
Who say, ‘By the life of your god [the golden calf], O Dan!’
And [swear], ‘By the life of the way of [idolatrous] Beersheba,’
They shall fall and not rise again.”
Amós 8
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Amós 8
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A visão da cesta de frutas
8 O Senhor Deus me mostrou numa visão o seguinte: estava ali uma cesta cheia de frutas maduras. 2 Ele me perguntou:
— Amós, o que é que você está vendo?
— Uma cesta cheia de frutas maduras! — respondi.
Então ele me disse:
— Chegou o fim para o povo de Israel, que está maduro, pronto para ser arrancado como uma fruta madura. Nunca mais vou mudar de ideia e perdoá-los. 3 Naquele dia, em vez de canções haverá lamentações no palácio. Haverá tantos mortos, que os corpos serão jogados em qualquer lugar. Silêncio! Eu, o Senhor, estou falando.
A condenação de Israel
4 Escutem, vocês que maltratam os necessitados e exploram os humildes aqui neste país. 5 Vocês dizem: “Quem dera que a Festa da Lua Nova já tivesse terminado para que pudéssemos voltar a vender os cereais! Como seria bom se o sábado já tivesse passado! Aí começaríamos a vender trigo de novo, cobrando preços bem altos, usando pesos e medidas falsos 6 e vendendo trigo que não presta. Os pobres não terão dinheiro para pagar as suas dívidas, nem mesmo os que tomaram dinheiro emprestado para comprar um par de sandálias. Assim eles se venderão a nós e serão nossos escravos!”
7 Portanto, o Senhor, o Deus a quem o povo de Israel louva, faz este juramento:
— Nunca esquecerei aquilo que o meu povo tem feito. 8 Por causa disso, a terra tremerá, e todos os seus moradores chorarão de tristeza. A terra subirá e baixará como as águas do rio Nilo. 9 Naquele dia, farei o sol se pôr ao meio-dia, e em pleno dia a terra ficará coberta de escuridão. Sou eu, o Senhor, quem está falando. 10 Transformarei as suas festas em velórios; vocês vão chorar em vez de cantar. Em sinal de luto, vocês vestirão roupa feita de pano grosseiro e raparão a cabeça. Vocês serão como pais chorando a morte do filho único. E tudo terminará em amargura.
11 — Está chegando o dia em que mandarei fome pelo país inteiro. Todos ficarão com fome, mas não por falta de comida, e com sede, mas não por falta de água. Todos terão fome e sede de ouvir a mensagem de Deus, o Senhor. 12 Correrão do mar Morto até o mar Mediterrâneo, irão pelas regiões do Norte e do Leste do país, procurando a mensagem de Deus, o Senhor, mas não a encontrarão. 13 Naquele dia, até moços e moças fortes desmaiarão de sede. 14 Os que juram pelos ídolos de Samaria, os que dizem: “Eu juro pelo deus de Dã” ou: “Eu juro pelo deus de Berseba” — todos eles cairão e nunca mais se levantarão. Eu, o Senhor, estou falando.
Amos 8
New International Version
Amos 8
New International Version
A Basket of Ripe Fruit
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)”
5 saying,
“When will the New Moon(J) be over
that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
that we may market(K) wheat?”(L)—
skimping on the measure,
boosting the price
and cheating(M) with dishonest scales,(N)
6 buying the poor(O) with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(P)
7 The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(Q) “I will never forget(R) anything they have done.(S)
8 “Will not the land tremble(T) for this,
and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
it will be stirred up and then sink
like the river of Egypt.(U)
9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,
“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.(V)
10 I will turn your religious festivals(W) into mourning
and all your singing into weeping.(X)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(Y)
and shave(Z) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(AA)
and the end of it like a bitter day.(AB)
11 “The days are coming,”(AC) declares the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine(AD) of hearing the words of the Lord.(AE)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.(AF)
13 “In that day
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