Amo 8
1 The Container of a Fowler
Thus [
2showed
3to me
1the LORD]. And behold, a container of a fowler.
2And
the LORD said, What do you see, Amos? And I said, A container of a fowler. And
the LORD said to me, [
3is come
1The
2end] for my people Israel; I shall not proceed any longer to pass by
them.
3And [
5shall shriek
1the
2fretworks
3of the
4temple] in that day, says
the LORD.
And there shall be many falling; in every place I will cast a silence.
4Hear indeed these
things! O ones obliterating
the needy, and tyrannizing
the poor of the land.
5Saying, When shall [
3go by
1the
2month] that we shall make trade, and the Sabbaths, that we shall open
the treasury to make
the measure small, and to
unequally magnify
the scale-weight, and to make
the yoke
balance scale unjust?
6That we may acquire [
2by
3silver
1the poor], and
the needy in return for sandals; and of every business we shall trade.
7The LORD swears an oath according to
the pride of Jacob, Shall there be forgotten for victory any of their works,
no.
8And concerning these
things, [
4not
1shall
5be disturbed
2the
3land], and [
6mourn
1all
2the ones
3dwelling
4in
5it]? And [
3shall ascend
4as
5a river
1the
2consumption], and shall go down as
the river of Egypt.
9And it will be in that day, says
the LORD, [
3shall go down
1the
2sun] at midday, and [
3shall darken
4upon
5the
6earth
7during
8the day
1the
2light];
10and I will convert your holiday
feasts into mourning, and all your songs into wailing. And I will bring upon every loin, sackcloth; and upon every head, baldness. And I will appoint him as one mourning a beloved one; and the ones with him as a day of grief.
11 A Famine of the Word
Behold days come, says
the LORD, and I will send out famine upon the land; not a famine of bread loaves, nor famine of water, but a famine to hear the word of
the LORD.
12And [
2shall shake
1waters] from the sea unto sea. And from north unto east ones shall run about seeking the word of the
LORD, and in no way should they find.
13In that day [
7will dissipate
1the
3virgins
2fair
4and
5the
6young men] by thirst.
14The ones swearing an oath according to the atonement of Samaria, and ones saying, [
2lives
1Your God], O Dan; and your God, O Beer-sheba. And they shall fall and in no way should they rise up again.