1 The Lord and King gave me a vision. He showed me a basket of ripe fruit.
2 "What do you see, Amos?" he asked. "A basket of ripe fruit," I replied. Then the Lord said to me, "The time is ripe for my people Israel. I will no longer spare them.
3 "The time is coming when the songs in the temple will turn to crying," announces the Lord and King. "Many, many bodies will be thrown everywhere! So be quiet!"
4 Listen to me, you who walk all over needy people. You crush those who are poor in the land.