The Coming Day of Bitter Mourning

(A)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. 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.
(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!”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:2 The Hebrew words for end and summer fruit sound alike
  2. Amos 8:3 Or palace
  3. Amos 8:3 Or The singing women of the palace shall wail

The Vision of a Fruit Basket

This is what the Lord God showed me: Look! A basket of summer fruit! And he was asking, “What do you see, Amos?”

I answered, “A basket of summer fruit.”

Then the Lord told me,

“The end[a] approaches for my people Israel.
    I will no longer spare them.[b]
At that time,”
    declares the Lord God,
“the temple songs will be wailing.
    Many bodies will accumulate everywhere.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:2 The Heb. end sounds like Heb. word summer fruit
  2. Amos 8:2 Lit. him