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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 NIV</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="../">NIV</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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/amos/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">A Basket of Ripe Fruit</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> showed me: a basket of 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">“A basket of ripe fruit,” I answered.</p><p class="reg">Then the <span class="name">Lord</span> said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“In that day,” declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or ''the temple singers will wail">a</a></sup></span> Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!”</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Hear this, you who trample the needy</p><p class="line2">and do away with the poor of the land,</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>saying,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“When will the New Moon be over</p><p class="line2">that we may sell grain,</p><p class="line1">and the Sabbath be ended</p><p class="line2">that we may market wheat?”—</p><p class="line1">skimping on the measure,</p><p class="line2">boosting the price</p><p class="line2">and cheating with dishonest scales,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>buying the poor with silver</p><p class="line2">and the needy for a pair of sandals,</p><p class="line2">selling even the sweepings with the wheat.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done.</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Will not the land tremble for this,</p><p class="line2">and all who live in it mourn?</p><p class="line1">The whole land will rise like the Nile;</p><p class="line2">it will be stirred up and then sink</p><p class="line2">like the river of Egypt.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“In that day,” declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“I will make the sun go down at noon</p><p class="line2">and darken the earth in broad daylight.</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 religious festivals into mourning</p><p class="line2">and all your singing into weeping.</p><p class="line1">I will make all of you wear sackcloth</p><p class="line2">and shave your heads.</p><p class="line1">I will make that time like mourning for an only son</p><p class="line2">and the end of it like a bitter day.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">“when I will send a famine through the land—</p><p class="line1">not a famine of food or a thirst for water,</p><p class="line2">but a famine of hearing the words of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</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 north to east,</p><p class="line1">searching for the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">but they will not find it.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“In that day</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“the lovely young women and strong young men</p><p class="line2">will faint because of thirst.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Those who swear by the sin of Samaria—</p><p class="line2">who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’</p><p class="line2">or, ‘As surely as the god <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the way">b</a></sup></span> of Beersheba lives’—</p><p class="line2">they will fall, never to rise again.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>“the temple singers will wail</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>the way</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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