“Thus the Lord God showed me behold a basket of summer fruit”
Amos 8
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David Guzik11
CC
Carter Conlon7
EJ
E.A. Johnston6
WS
William Skates5
TC
Tim Conway4
BL
Brian Long4
C
Compilations3
CM
Chuck Missler3
DW
David Wilkerson3
KD
Keith Daniel3
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1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.
“Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me, and behold, a basket of summer fruit.”
“Thus hath the Lord showed unto me, and behold a basket of summer fruits.”
2"Amos, what do you see?" He asked. "A basket of summer fruit," I replied. So the LORD said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them."
“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.”
3"In that day," declares the Lord GOD, "the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!"
“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.”
“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.”
“and The songs of the temple shall be wailing in that day says the Lord God many dead bodies everywhere. They shall throw them out in silence.”
4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
“Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end.”
“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail.”
“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,”
“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail.”
“hear this, you who swallow up the needy and make the poor of the land to fail.”
“this you who swallow up the needy and make the poor of the land to fail.”
5asking, "When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
“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.”
“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?”
“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.”
“saying When will the new moon be passed that we may sell grain and the Sabbath that we may trade wheat? Making the ephod small and the shekel large falsifying the scales by deceit”
6Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!"
“That we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes yea. And sell the refuse of the wheat.”
“that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals even sell the bad wheat.”
“That we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes. Yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat.”
“That we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes. Yea, and sell the refuse of the”
7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget any of their deeds.
“The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob. Surely, I will never forget any of their works.”
“The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob, surely I will never forget any of their deeds.”
“The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob. Surely I will never forget any of their works.”
“the Lord has sworn by the excellency of Jacob. Verse 7 surely I will never forget any of their works.”
“The Lord has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, verse 7, surely I will never forget any of their works.”
8Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
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9And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
“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.”
“On that day, declares the Lord God, I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.”
“And it shall come to pass in that day says the Lord God that I will make the Sun go down at noon. And I will darken the earth and broad daylight.”
“It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and it will darken the earth in a clear day.”
10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
“I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentations. I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head. I will make it like mourning for an only son and it's end like a bitter day.”
“I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will bring sackcloth on every waist and boldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.”
“And I will turn your feast into mourning, and all of your songs into lamentation. And I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head. And I will make it as a mourning for an only son, and the end thereof…”
11Behold, the 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 a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
“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.”
“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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”
“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 for hearing the words of the Lord.”
12People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
“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 shall not find it.”
“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”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
13In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.
“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.”
“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.”
“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.”
“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.”
“in that day. Shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.”
“in that day the fair virgins and strong men shall faint from thirst.”
14Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or, 'As surely as the way of Beersheba lives'— they will fall, never to rise again."
“Those who swear by the city of Samaria who say you as your God lives, O Dan. And as the way of perceiving lives, they shall fall and never rise again.”