2 So then he said, What canst thou see, Amos? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said Yahweh unto me, The end hath come unto my people Israel, I will not again any more forgive them;
2 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 (b)(C)spare them no longer.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
2 He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”(A)I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”(B)The Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel;(C) I will no longer spare them.(D)
2 And he was asking, "What do you see, Amos?" I answered, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD told me, "The end approaches for my people Israel. I will no longer spare them.
3 but palace-songs, shall become howlings, in that day, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, - Many shall be the dead bodies in every place - cast forth - with a hush!
3 (c)The (D)songs of the palace will turn to (E)wailing in that day,” declares the Lord God. “Many will be the (F)corpses; in every place (d)they will cast them forth (e)in silence.”
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
3 In that day the temple(a) songs(E) will become wailing”(F)—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere!(G) Silence!”(H)
3 At that time," declares the Lord GOD, "the temple songs will be wailing. Many bodies will accumulate everywhere.
5 Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights:
5 saying,“When will the (H)new moon (g)be over,So that we may sell grain,And the (I)sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,To make the (h)bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,And to (J)cheat with (i)dishonest scales,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
5 asking, “When will the New Moon be overso we may sell grain,(K)and the Sabbath,so we may market wheat?(L)We can reduce the measurewhile increasing the price(b)and cheat with dishonest scales.(M)
5 and who are saying, "When will the New Moon fade so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath conclude so we may market winnowed wheat? shortchanging the measure, raising the price, falsifying the scales by treachery,
6 Who buy - for silver - the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes, - and that the refuse of the grain we may sell.
6 So as to (K)buy the helpless for (j)moneyAnd the needy for a pair of sandals,And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
6 buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.'
7 Sworn hath Yahweh, by the Excellency of Jacob, - Surely I will never forget any of their doings!
7 The Lord has (L)sworn by the (M)pride of Jacob,“Indeed, I will (N)never forget any of their deeds.
7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
7 "The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: I will never forget anything they have done.
8 Is it not, for this, that the land, shall tremble? and shall mourn every inhabitant therein? Shall it not come up - like the Nile, all of it, and be tossed and subside like the river of Egypt?
8 “Because of this will not the land (O)quakeAnd everyone who dwells in it (P)mourn?Indeed, all of it will (Q)rise up like the Nile,And it will be tossed aboutAnd subside like the Nile of Egypt.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
8 Because of this, won’t the land quake(R)and all who dwell in it mourn?(S)All of it will rise like the Nile;(T)it will surge and then subsidelike the Nile in Egypt.(U)
8 Surely the land will tremble because of this, won't it? And all who live in it will mourn, won't they? The entire land will swell up like a flooded river. It will be stirred up and then will sink like the river of Egypt.
9 Yea it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, that I will cause the sun to go in at high noon, - and will darken the earth on a day of brightness.!
9 “It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord God,“That I will make the (R)sun go down at noonAnd (S)make the earth dark in (k)broad daylight.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
9 And in that day—this is the declaration of the Lord God—I will make the sun go down at noon;(V)I will darken the land in the daytime.(W)
9 It will come about at that time," declares the Lord GOD, "I will cause the sun to set at noon and the earth to darken in the daylight.
10 So will I turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into a dirge, and I will bring up - on all loins - sackcloth, and upon every head - baldness, - and I will make it like the mourning for an only one, even the afterpart thereof, as a day of bitterness.
10 “Then I will (T)turn your festivals into mourningAnd all your songs into (l)lamentation;And I will bring (U)sackcloth on everyone’s loinsAnd 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.
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
10 I will turn your feasts into mourning(X)and all your songs into lamentation;(Y)I will cause everyone(d) to wear sackcloth(Z)and every head to be shaved.(AA)I will make that grieflike mourning for an only son(AB)and its outcome like a bitter day.
10 I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all of your songs to dirges. I will cause all of you to put on sackcloth and to shave all of your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son, and its conclusion will be like the end of a bitter day."
11 Lo! days are coming, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, that I will send a hunger throughout the land, - not a hunger for food, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Yahweh;
11 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,“When I will send a famine on the land,Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,But rather (W)for hearing the words of the Lord.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
11 Hear this! The days are coming—this is the declaration of the Lord God—when I will send a famine through the land:not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,but of hearing the words of the Lord.(AC)
11 "Look! The days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine throughout the land not a famine of food or a thirst for water but rather a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
12 Therefore shall men rove about - from sea to sea, and from the north even unto sunrise, - they shall run to and fro - seeking the word of Yahweh, but shall not find it .
12 “People will stagger from sea to seaAnd from the north even to the east;They will go to and fro to (X)seek the word of the Lord,But they will not find it.
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
12 People will stagger from sea to seaand roam from north to east,seeking the word of the Lord,(AD)but they will not find it.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea, from north to east. They will run back and forth, searching for a message from the LORD, but they won't find it.
14 They who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, As thy God, liveth, O Dan! and, As the Way of Beer-sheba, liveth, shall fall, and shall not rise any more.
14 “As for those who swear by the (m)(AA)guilt of Samaria,Who say, ‘As your god lives, O (AB)Dan,’And, ‘As the way of (AC)Beersheba lives,’They will fall and (AD)not rise again.”
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
14 Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria(AG)and say, “As your god lives, Dan,”(AH)or “As the way(e)(f) of Beer-sheba lives”(AI)—they will fall, never to rise again.(AJ)
14 Those who have been swearing oaths by the sin of Samaria, or who say, "As your god lives, Dan"' or who say, "As the way of Beer-sheba lives"' will fall, and will never rise again."
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