81 Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold , there was a basket of summer fruit . 2 He said , "What do you see , Amos ?" And I said , "A basket of summer fruit ." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel . I will spare them no longer e . 3 "The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day ," declares the Lord GOD . "Many will be the corpses ; in every place they will cast them forth in silence ."
4 Hear this , you who trample the needy , to do away with the humble of the land , 5 saying , "When will the new moon be over , So that we may sell grain , And the sabbath , that we may open the wheat market, To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger , And to cheat with dishonest scales , 6 So as to buy the helpless for money And the needy for a pair of sandals , And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat ?" 7 The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob , "Indeed , I will never e forget any of their deeds . 8 "Because of this will not the land quake And everyone who dwells in it mourn ? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile , And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt . 9 "It will come about in that day ," declares the Lord GOD , "That I will make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight e . 10 "Then I will turn your festivals into mourning And all your songs into lamentation ; And I will bring sackcloth on everyone's loins And baldness on every head . And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son , And the end of it will be like a bitter day .
11 "Behold , days are coming ," declares the Lord GOD , "When I will send a famine on the land , Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water , But rather e for hearing the words of the Lord . 12 "People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east ; They will go to and fro to seek the word of the Lord , But they will not find it. 13 "In that day the beautiful virgins And the young men will faint from thirst . 14 "As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria , Who say , 'As your god lives , O Dan ,' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives ,' They will fall and not rise again ."
