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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Amos 8 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/amos/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/amos/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Amos 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../amos/7.htm" title="Amos 7">◄</a> Amos 8 <a href="../amos/9.htm" title="Amos 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/amos/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">A Vision of Ripe Fruit</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the Sovereign LORD showed me another vision. In it I saw a basket filled with ripe fruit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“What do you see, Amos?” he asked.</p><p class="reg">I replied, “A basket full of ripe fruit.”</p><p class="reg">Then the LORD said, “Like this fruit, Israel is ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>In that day the singing in the temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Listen to this, you who rob the poor</p><p class="line2">and trample down the needy!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over</p><p class="line2">and the religious festivals to end</p><p class="line2">so you can get back to cheating the helpless.</p><p class="line1">You measure out grain with dishonest measures</p><p class="line2">and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And you mix the grain you sell</p><p class="line2">with chaff swept from the floor.</p><p class="line1">Then you enslave poor people</p><p class="line2">for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now the LORD has sworn this oath</p><p class="line2">by his own name, the Pride of Israel<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>:</p><p class="line1">“I will never forget</p><p class="line2">the wicked things you have done!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The earth will tremble for your deeds,</p><p class="line2">and everyone will mourn.</p><p class="line1">The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime;</p><p class="line2">it will heave up, then sink again.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,</p><p class="line1">“I will make the sun go down at noon</p><p class="line2">and darken the earth while it is still day.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning</p><p class="line2">and your singing into weeping.</p><p class="line1">You will wear funeral clothes</p><p class="line2">and shave your heads to show your sorrow—</p><p class="line1">as if your only son had died.</p><p class="line2">How very bitter that day will be!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign LORD,</p><p class="line2">“when I will send a famine on the land—</p><p class="line1">not a famine of bread or water</p><p class="line2">but of hearing the words of the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>People will stagger from sea to sea</p><p class="line2">and wander from border to border<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line1">searching for the word of the LORD,</p><p class="line2">but they will not find it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Beautiful girls and strong young men</p><p class="line2">will grow faint in that day,</p><p class="line2">thirsting for the LORD’s word.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And those who swear by the shameful idols of Samaria—</p><p class="line2">who take oaths in the name of the god of Dan</p><p class="line2">and make vows in the name of the god of Beersheba<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a>—</p><p class="line1">they will all fall down,</p><p class="line2">never to rise again.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">You make the ephah</span><span class="ft"> [a unit for measuring grain] </span><span class="it">small and the shekel</span><span class="ft"> [a unit of weight] </span><span class="it">great, and you deal falsely by using deceitful balances.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the pride of Jacob.</span><span class="ft"> See note on 3:13.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">from north to east.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the way of Beersheba.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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