Holman Christian Standard Bible

Amos 8:1-4 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1. The Lord God showed me this: A basket of summer fruit.

2. He asked me, “What do you see, Amos? ” I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.” The Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.

3. In that day the temple songs will become wailing” — this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence! ”

4. Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,