Lexham English Bible

Amos 8:1-4 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. My Lord Yahweh showed me this, and there was a basket of summer fruit.

2. And he said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” And Yahweh said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel. I will not pass by them again!”

3. “And the songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” declares my Lord Yahweh. “The corpses are numerous; he throws them in every place. Be quiet!”

4. Hear this, those who trample on the poor and who annihilate the afflicted of the land,