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1. This is what the Lord God showed me: There was a basket of summer fruit.
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1. Thus H3541 hath the Lord H136 GOD H3069 showed H7200 unto me : and behold H2009 a basket H3619 of summer fruit H7019 .
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2. And the Lord said, "What do you see, Amos?" I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel. I will not change My mind again about punishing them.
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2. And he said H559 , Amos H5986 , what H4100 seest H7200 thou H859 ? And I said H559 , A basket H3619 of summer fruit H7019 . Then said H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 me , The end H7093 is come H935 upon H413 my people H5971 of Israel H3478 ; I will not H3808 again H3254 pass by H5674 them any more H5750 .
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3. The songs of the king's house will become loud cries of sorrow on that day," says the Lord God. "There will be many dead bodies. In every place they will be thrown out without a word."
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3. And the songs H7892 of the temple H1964 shall be howlings H3213 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 : there shall be many H7227 dead bodies H6297 in every H3605 place H4725 ; they shall cast them forth H7993 with silence H2013 .
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4. Hear this, you who crush under foot those who are in need, to put an end to the poor of the land.
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4. Hear H8085 this H2063 , O ye that swallow up H7602 the needy H34 , even to make the poor H6041 of the land H776 to fail H7673 ,
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5. You say, "When will the New Moon be over, so that we may buy grain? When will the Day of Rest be over, so that we may open the store and sell grain? Then we will make the basket smaller and the weight bigger, and we will lie about the weight.
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5. Saying H559 , When H4970 will the new moon H2320 be gone H5674 , that we may sell H7666 corn H7668 ? and the sabbath H7676 , that we may set forth H6605 wheat H1250 , making the ephah small H6994 H374 , and the shekel H8255 great H1431 , and falsifying H5791 the balances H3976 by deceit H4820 ?
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6. We will buy the poor for money, and those in need for shoes. And we will sell the part of the grain that is of no worth."
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6. That we may buy H7069 the poor H1800 for silver H3701 , and the needy H34 for H5668 a pair of shoes H5275 ; yea , and sell H7666 the refuse H4651 of the wheat H1250 ?
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7. The Lord has promised by the pride of Jacob, "For sure I will never forget anything they have done.
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7. The LORD H3068 hath sworn H7650 by the excellency H1347 of Jacob H3290 , Surely H518 I will never H5331 forget H7911 any H3605 of their works H4639 .
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8. Will not the land shake because of this? Will not everyone who lives in it be filled with sorrow? All of it will rise up like the Nile. It will be troubled, and will fall like the Nile River of Egypt.
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8. Shall not H3808 the land H776 tremble H7264 for H5921 this H2063 , and every one H3605 mourn H56 that dwelleth H3427 therein? and it shall rise up H5927 wholly H3605 as a flood H2975 ; and it shall be cast out H1644 and drowned H8257 , as by the flood H2975 of Egypt H4714 .
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9. On that day," says the Lord God, "I will make the sun go down at noon. I will make the earth dark in the daytime.
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9. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , that I will cause the sun H8121 to go down H935 at noon H6672 , and I will darken H2821 the earth H776 in the clear H216 day H3117 :
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10. I will turn your special suppers into times of sorrow, and all your songs into songs of sorrow. I will make all of you wear cloth made from hair, and cut all the hair from your heads. I will fill that time with sorrow, as if an only son had died. And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
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10. And I will turn H2015 your feasts H2282 into mourning H60 , and all H3605 your songs H7892 into lamentation H7015 ; and I will bring up H5927 sackcloth H8242 upon H5921 all H3605 loins H4975 , and baldness H7144 upon H5921 every H3605 head H7218 ; and I will make H7760 it as the mourning H60 of an only H3173 son , and the end H319 thereof as a bitter H4751 day H3117 .
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11. "The days are coming," says the Lord God, "when I will send a time upon the land when the people will be very hungry. They will not be hungry for bread or thirsty for water, but they will be hungry to hear the Words of the Lord.
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11. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , that I will send H7971 a famine H7458 in the land H776 , not H3808 a famine H7458 of bread H3899 , nor H3808 a thirst H6772 for water H4325 , but H3588 H518 of hearing H8085 H853 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 :
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12. People will go from sea to sea, and from the north to the east. They will go from place to place to look for the Word of the Lord, but they will not find it.
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12. And they shall wander H5128 from sea H4480 H3220 to H5704 sea H3220 , and from the north H4480 H6828 even to H5704 the east H4217 , they shall run to and fro H7751 to seek H1245 H853 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , and shall not H3808 find H4672 it .
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13. On that day the beautiful, pure, young women and the young men will lose their strength and fall because of thirst.
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13. In that H1931 day H3117 shall the fair H3303 virgins H1330 and young men H970 faint H5968 for thirst H6772 .
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14. As for those who swear by the false gods of Samaria, saying, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' and 'As the way of Beersheba lives,' they will fall and never rise again."
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14. They that swear H7650 by the sin H819 of Samaria H8111 , and say H559 , Thy god H430 , O Dan H1835 , liveth H2416 ; and , The manner H1870 of Beer H884 -sheba liveth H2416 ; even they shall fall H5307 , and never H3808 rise up H6965 again H5750 .
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