And he said, Amos, whatseestthou? And I said, A basket of summerfruit. Thensaid the LORDunto me, The end is comeupon my people of Israel; I will not againpass by them any more.
And the songs of the templeshall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: thereshall be manydeadbodies in everyplace; theyshallcastthemforthwithsilence.
Saying, Whenwill the new moon be gone, that we may sellcorn? and the sabbath, that we may set forthwheat, making the ephahsmall, and the shekelgreat, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Shall not the landtremble for this, and every one mournthatdwelleththerein? and it shallrise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
And I willturnyourfeastsintomourning, and all yoursongsintolamentation; and I willbring up sackclothupon all loins, and baldnessuponeveryhead; and I willmake it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Behold, the dayscome, saith the Lord GOD, that I willsend a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: