1 Thus hath the Lord
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
7 The
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
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord
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
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord
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
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.