1 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel;I will never again pass by them.
3 The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,”declares the Lord God. “So many dead bodies!”“They are thrown everywhere!” “Silence!”
4 Hear this, you who trample on the needyand bring the poor of the land to an end,