Amos 8:1-6 ▼

1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: a basket of end-of-summer fruit.

2 He asked, “What do you see, Amos?” And I answered, “A basket of end-of-summer fruit.” And the LORD said to me: The end has come for my people Israel; I will forgive them no longer.

3 The temple singers will wail on that day— oracle of the Lord GOD. Many shall be the corpses, strewn everywhere—Silence!

4 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land:

5 “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may sell our grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the grain-bins? We will diminish the ephah, add to the shekel, and fix our scales for cheating!

6 We will buy the destitute for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals; even the worthless grain we will sell!”