Amos 8:7-14
New American Standard Bible
7 The Lord has (A)sworn by the (B)pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will (C)never forget any of their deeds.
8 Because of this will the land not (D)quake,
And everyone who lives in it (E)mourn?
Indeed, all of it will (F)rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
9 And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the (G)sun go down at noon,
And (H)make the earth dark in [a]broad daylight.
10 Then I will (I)turn your festivals into mourning,
And all your songs into songs of mourning;
And I will put (J)sackcloth around everyone’s waist,
And [b]baldness on every head.
And I will make it (K)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 (L)for hearing the words of the Lord.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will roam about to (M)seek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.
13 On that day the beautiful (N)virgins
And the young men will (O)faint from thirst.
14 As for those who swear by the [c](P)guilt of Samaria,
And say, ‘As your god lives, (Q)Dan,’
And, ‘As the way of (R)Beersheba lives,’
They will fall and (S)not rise again.”
Amos 8:7-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.(A)
8 Shall not the land tremble on this account,
and everyone mourn who lives in it,
and all of it rise like the Nile,
and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?(B)
9 On that day, says the Lord God,
I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.(C)
10 I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will bring sackcloth on all loins
and baldness on every head;
I will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.(D)
11 The time is surely coming, says the Lord God,
when I will send a famine on the land,
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.(E)
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 they shall not find it.(F)
13 On that day the beautiful young women and the young men
shall faint for thirst.(G)
14 Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria
and say, “As your god lives, O Dan,”
and, “As the way of Beer-sheba lives”—
they shall fall and never rise again.(H)
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