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| 8:1 | Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, and beholde, a basket of Summer fruit. |
| 8:2 | And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I sayde, A basket of Summer fruite. Then said the Lord vnto mee, The ende is come vpon my people of Israel; I will not againe passe by them anymore. |
| 8:3 | And the songs of the Temples shalbe howlings in that day, sayth the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in euery place, they shall cast them foorth with silence. |
| 8:4 | Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the needy, euen to make the poore of the land to faile, |
| 8:5 | Saying, When will the newe Moone be gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that wee may set forth wheat, making the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? |
| 8:6 | That wee may buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate? |
| 8:7 | The Lord hath sworne by the excellencie of Iacob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes. |
| 8:8 | Shall not the land tremble for this, and euery one mourne that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise vp wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. |
| 8:9 | And it shall come to passe in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the Sunne to go downe at noone, and I will darken the earth in the cleare day. |
| 8:10 | And I will turne your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation, and I will bring vp sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnesse vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the end thereof as a bitter day. |
| 8:11 | Behold, the daies come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. |
| 8:12 | And they shall wander from Sea to Sea, and from the North euen to the East they shall runne to and fro, to seeke the worde of the Lord, and shall not finde it. |
| 8:13 | In that day shall the faire virgines and young men faint for thirst. |
| 8:14 | They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria, and say, Thy God, O Dan, liueth, and the manner of Beer-sheba liueth, euen they shall fall, and neuer rise vp againe. |
| 8:1 | Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, and behold, a basket of summer fruite. |
| 8:2 | And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I sayd, A basket of sommer fruite. Then sayd the Lord vnto me, The ende is come vpon my people of Israel, I wil passe by them no more. |
| 8:3 | And the songs of the Temple shalbe howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies shalbe in euery place: they shall cast them forth with silence. |
| 8:4 | Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle, |
| 8:5 | Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit? |
| 8:6 | That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate. |
| 8:7 | The Lord hath sworne by the excellencie of Iaakob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes. |
| 8:8 | Shall not the lande tremble for this, and euery one mourne, that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise vp wholy as a flood, and it shall bee cast out, and drowned as by the flood of Egypt. |
| 8:9 | And in that day, saith the Lord God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I will darken the earth in the cleare day. |
| 8:10 | And I will turne your feastes into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnes vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the ende thereof as a bitter day. |
| 8:11 | Beholde, the dayes come, sayeth the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the lande, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord. |
| 8:12 | And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the North euen vnto the East shall they run to and from to seeke the worde of the Lord, and shall not finde it. |
| 8:13 | In that day shall the faire virgines and the yong men perish for thirst. |
| 8:14 | They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria, and that say, Thy God, O Dan, liueth, and the maner of Beer-sheba liueth, euen they shall fall, and neuer rise vp againe. |
| 8:1 | The Lorde God: shewed me thys vysyon: and beholde, there was a maunde wt sommer frute. |
| 8:2 | And he sayde: Amos, what seyst thou? I answered: a maunde wt sommer frute. Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: the ende commeth vpon my people of Israel, I wyll nomore ouerse them. |
| 8:3 | In that daye shall the songes of the temple be turned into sorowe, saieth the Lord God, many deed bodyes shall lye in euery place, and be cast forth secretly. |
| 8:4 | Heare thys, O ye that oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in the lande, saying: |
| 8:5 | When will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytayle, & the Sabboth, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bushel lesse, and the Sycle greater? |
| 8:6 | We shall set vp false wayghtes, that we maye get the pore vuder vs wyth theyr money, and the nedy also for shoes: yee, let vs sell the chaffe for corne. |
| 8:7 | The Lord hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob: these workes of theyrs wyll I neuer forget. |
| 8:8 | Shall not the lande tremble, and all they that dwell therin, mourne for this? Shall not theyr destruccyon come vpon them lyke a water streame, and flowe ouer them as the floude of Egypte? |
| 8:9 | At the same tyme (sayeth the Lord God) I shall cause the Sunne to go downe at none, and the lande to be darcke in the cleare daye. |
| 8:10 | Your hye feastes wyll I turne to sorowe, & youre songes to mournynge: I will bringe sack cloth vpon all backes, and baldnes vpon euery head: yee, soch a mournynge wyll I sende them. as is made vpon an only begotten sonne, and they shall haue a myserable ende. |
| 8:11 | Beholde, the tyme commeth (sayeth the Lorde God) that I shall sende an hunger into the earth: not the hunger of bred, ner the thyrst of water: but an hunger so heare the worde of the Lorde: |
| 8:12 | so that they shall go from the one see to the other, yee, from the north vnto the east, runnynge aboute to seke the worde of the Lorde, & shall not fynde it |
| 8:13 | In that tyme, shall the fayre virgins & the yonge men perysh for thyrst, |
| 8:14 | yee, euen they that sweare in the execrable calfe of Samarya, & saye: as truly as thy God lyueth at Dan, and as truly as thy God lyueth at Bersaba. These shall fall, and neuer ryse vp agayne. |
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