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Amos 8:2-4
Revised Standard Version
Amos 8:2-4
Revised Standard Version
2 And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”[a] Then the Lord said to me,
“The end[b] has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass by them.
3 The songs of the temple[c] shall become wailings in that day,”
says the Lord God;
“the dead bodies shall be many;
in every place they shall be cast out in silence.”[d]
4 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy,
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
Amos 8:2-4
New International Version
Amos 8:2-4
New International Version
2 “What do you see,(A) Amos?(B)” he asked.
“A basket(C) of ripe fruit,” I answered.
Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(D)
3 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[a](E) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!(F)”
Footnotes
- Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail
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