1. This is what the Almighty Lord showed me: a basket of ripe summer fruit.
2. He asked, “What do you see, Amos?”“A basket of ripe summer fruit,” I answered.Then the Lord said to me, “My people Israel are now ripe. I will no longer overlook what they have done.
3. On that day the songs of the temple will become loud cries,” declares the Almighty Lord. “There will be dead bodies scattered everywhere. Hush!”
4. Listen to this, those who trample on the needyand ruin those who are oppressed in the world.
5. You say to yourselves,“When will the New Moon Festival be overso that we can sell more grain?When will the day of worship be overso that we can sell more wheat?We can shrink the size of the bushel baskets,increase the cost,and cheat with dishonest scales.
6. We can buy the poor with moneyand the needy for a pair of sandals.We can sell the husks mixed in with the wheat.”
7. The Lord has sworn an oath by Jacob’s pride:“I will never forget anything that they have done.”