New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Amos 7
13 But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence."
14 Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.
15 But the Lord took me from following the flock and the Lord said to me, ’Go prophesy to My people Israel.’
16 Now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ’You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.’
17 Therefore, thus says the Lord, ’Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’"
Amos 8
1 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.
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?"
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