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.