Amos 8:1-6

Bible Text

[1] Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. [2] He said, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then Yahweh said to me, "The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more. [3] The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord Yahweh. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence. [4] Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, And cause the poor of the land to fail, [5] Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit; [6] That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"

Places in this passage

Amos 8:1-6 mentions Beersheba, Dan, Egypt, Nile and Samaria.

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