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1. And behold a fowler’s basket.
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1. Thus H3541 hath the Lord H136 GOD H3069 showed H7200 unto me : and behold H2009 a basket H3619 of summer fruit H7019 .
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2. And he said, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, A fowler’s basket. And the Lord said to me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not pass by them any more.
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2. And he said H559 , Amos H5986 , what H4100 seest H7200 thou H859 ? And I said H559 , A basket H3619 of summer fruit H7019 . Then said H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 me , The end H7093 is come H935 upon H413 my people H5971 of Israel H3478 ; I will not H3808 again H3254 pass by H5674 them any more H5750 .
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3. And the ceilings of the temple shall howl in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many a fallen one in every place; I will bring silence upon them.
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3. And the songs H7892 of the temple H1964 shall be howlings H3213 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 : there shall be many H7227 dead bodies H6297 in every H3605 place H4725 ; they shall cast them forth H7993 with silence H2013 .
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4. Hear now this, ye that Gr. wear away oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,
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4. Hear H8085 this H2063 , O ye that swallow up H7602 the needy H34 , even to make the poor H6041 of the land H776 to fail H7673 ,
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5. saying, When will the month pass away, Or, that we may, etc. and we shall sell, and the sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?
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5. Saying H559 , When H4970 will the new moon H2320 be gone H5674 , that we may sell H7666 corn H7668 ? and the sabbath H7676 , that we may set forth H6605 wheat H1250 , making the ephah small H6994 H374 , and the shekel H8255 great H1431 , and falsifying H5791 the balances H3976 by deceit H4820 ?
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6. That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit.
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6. That we may buy H7069 the poor H1800 for silver H3701 , and the needy H34 for H5668 a pair of shoes H5275 ; yea , and sell H7666 the refuse H4651 of the wheat H1250 ?
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7. The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.
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7. The LORD H3068 hath sworn H7650 by the excellency H1347 of Jacob H3290 , Surely H518 I will never H5331 forget H7911 any H3605 of their works H4639 .
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8. And shall not the land be troubled for these things, and shall not every one who dwells in it mourn? whereas destruction shall come up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt.
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8. Shall not H3808 the land H776 tremble H7264 for H5921 this H2063 , and every one H3605 mourn H56 that dwelleth H3427 therein? and it shall rise up H5927 wholly H3605 as a flood H2975 ; and it shall be cast out H1644 and drowned H8257 , as by the flood H2975 of Egypt H4714 .
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9. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at noon, and the light shall be darkened on the earth by day:
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9. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , that I will cause the sun H8121 to go down H935 at noon H6672 , and I will darken H2821 the earth H776 in the clear H216 day H3117 :
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10. and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make Gr. him, or it them as the mourning of a beloved friend, and those with them as a day of grief.
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10. And I will turn H2015 your feasts H2282 into mourning H60 , and all H3605 your songs H7892 into lamentation H7015 ; and I will bring up H5927 sackcloth H8242 upon H5921 all H3605 loins H4975 , and baldness H7144 upon H5921 every H3605 head H7218 ; and I will make H7760 it as the mourning H60 of an only H3173 son , and the end H319 thereof as a bitter H4751 day H3117 .
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11. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send forth a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord.
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11. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , that I will send H7971 a famine H7458 in the land H776 , not H3808 a famine H7458 of bread H3899 , nor H3808 a thirst H6772 for water H4325 , but H3588 H518 of hearing H8085 H853 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 :
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12. And the waters shall be troubled from sea to sea, and from the north to the east shall men run hither and thither, seeking the word of the Lord, and they shall not find it.
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12. And they shall wander H5128 from sea H4480 H3220 to H5704 sea H3220 , and from the north H4480 H6828 even to H5704 the east H4217 , they shall run to and fro H7751 to seek H1245 H853 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , and shall not H3808 find H4672 it .
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13. In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;
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13. In that H1931 day H3117 shall the fair H3303 virgins H1330 and young men H970 faint H5968 for thirst H6772 .
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14. they who swear by the propitiation of Samaria, and who say, Thy god, O Dan, lives; and, Thy god, O Bersabee, lives; and they shall fall, and shall no more rise again.
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14. They that swear H7650 by the sin H819 of Samaria H8111 , and say H559 , Thy god H430 , O Dan H1835 , liveth H2416 ; and , The manner H1870 of Beer H884 -sheba liveth H2416 ; even they shall fall H5307 , and never H3808 rise up H6965 again H5750 .
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