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  8:1 ¶
And behold a fowler's basket. |
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8:1 ¶
Thus°
hath Adonai°
Yahweh°
shewed°°
unto me: and behold°
a basket°
of summer fruit.° |
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8:2
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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8:2
And he said,°°
Amos,°
what°
seest°°
thou?°
And I said,°°
A basket°
of summer fruit.°
Then said°°
Yahweh°
unto°
me, The end°
is come°°
upon°
my people°
of Israel;°
I will not°
again°°
pass°°
by°
them any more.° |
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8:3
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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8:3
And the songs°
of the temple°
shall be howlings°°
in that°
day,°
saith°°
Adonai°
Yahweh:°
[there shall be] many°
dead bodies°
in every°
place;°
they shall cast [them] forth°°
with silence.°° |
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8:4 ¶
Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth, |
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8:4 ¶
Hear°°
this,°
O ye that swallow up°°
the needy,°
even to make°°
the poor°°°
of the land°
to fail,°° |
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8:5
saying, When will the month pass away, 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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8:5
Saying,°°
When°
will the new moon°
be gone,°°
that we may sell°°
corn?°
and the sabbath,°
that we may set forth°°
wheat,°
making the ephah°
small,°°°
and the shekel°
great,°°
and falsifying°°
the balances°
by deceit?° |
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8:6
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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8:6
That we may buy°°
the poor°
for silver,°
and the needy°
for°
a pair of shoes;°
[yea], and sell°°
the refuse°
of the wheat?° |
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8:7
The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten. |
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8:7
Yahweh°
hath sworn°°
by the excellency°
of Jacob,°
Surely°
I will never°
forget°°
any°
of their works.° |
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8:8
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 Mizraim{gr.Egypt}. |
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8:8
Shall not°
the land°
tremble°°
for°
this,°
and every one°
mourn°°
that dwelleth°°
therein? and it shall rise up°°
wholly°
as a flood;°
and it shall be cast out°°
and drowned,°°°°
as [by] the flood°°
of Egypt.° |
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8:9
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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8:9
And it shall come to pass°
in that°
day,°
saith°°
Adonai°
Yahweh,°
that I will cause the sun°
to go down°°
at noon,°
and I will darken°°
the earth°
in the clear°
day:° |
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8:10
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 them as the mourning of a beloved [friend], and those with them as a day of grief. |
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8:10
And I will turn°°
your feasts°
into mourning,°
and all°
your songs°
into lamentation;°
and I will bring up°°
sackcloth°
upon°
all°
loins,°
and baldness°
upon°
every°
head;°
and I will make°°
it as the mourning°
of an only°
[son], and the end°
thereof as a bitter°
day.° |
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8:11 ¶
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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8:11 ¶
Behold,°
the days°
come,°°
saith°°
Adonai°
Yahweh,°
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 Yahweh:° |
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8:12
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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8:12
And they shall wander°°
from sea°°
to°
sea,°
and from the north°°
even to°
the east,°
they shall run to and fro°°
to seek°°°
the word°
of Yahweh,°
and shall not°
find°°
[it]. |
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8:13
In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst; |
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8:13
In that°
day°
shall the fair°
virgins°
and young men°
faint°°
for thirst.° |
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8:14
they who swear by the propitiation of Samaria, and who say, Thy god, O Dan, lives; and, Thy god, O Beersheba{gr.Bersabee}, lives; and they shall fall, and shall no more rise again. |
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8:14
They that swear°°
by the sin°
of Samaria,°
and say,°°
Thy elohim,°
O Dan,°
liveth;°
and, The manner°
of Beersheba°
liveth;°
even they shall fall,°°
and never°
rise up°°
again.° |
