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Book of Amos, Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 of Amos—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah caused me to see, and, look! there was a basket of summer fruit.1
  2. Then he said: “What are you seeing,2 Aʹmos?” So I said: “A basket of summer fruit.”[a]3 And Jehovah went on to say to me: “The end[b] has come to my people Israel.4 I shall no more do any further excusing of them.5
  3. ‘And the songs of [the] temple will actually be a howling in that day,’6 is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah. ‘There will be many a carcass.7 In every place one will certainly throw [them] out—hush!’
  4. ¶ “Hear this, YOU men snapping at someone poor,8 even in order to cause the meek ones[c] of the earth to cease,9
  5. saying, ‘How long will it be before the new moon passes10 and we may sell cereals?11 Also, the sabbath,12 and we may offer grain for sale; in order to make the eʹphah small13 and to make the shekel great and to falsify the scales of deception;14
  6. in order to buy lowly people for mere silver and someone poor for [the price of] a pair of sandals, and that we may sell mere refuse of grain?’15
  7. ¶ “Jehovah has sworn by the Superiority[d] of Jacob,16 ‘Never will I forget all their works.17
  8. Will it not be on this account that the land[e] will be agitated,18 and every inhabitant in it will have to mourn;19 and it will, all of it, certainly come up just like the Nile and be tossed and sink down like the Nile of Egypt?’20
  9. ¶ “‘And it must occur in that day,’ is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah, ‘that I will make the sun go down at high noon,21 and I will cause darkness for the land on a bright day.
  10. And I will turn YOUR festivals into mourning22 and all YOUR songs into a dirge, and I will bring up upon all hips sackcloth and upon every head baldness;23 and I will make the situation like the mourning for an only [son],24 and the end result of it as a bitter day.’
  11. ¶ “‘Look! There are days coming,’ is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah, ‘and I will send a famine into the land, a famine, not for bread,[f] and a thirst, not for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah.25
  12. And they will certainly stagger from sea all the way to sea, and from north even to the sunrise. They will keep roving about while searching for the word of Jehovah, but they will not find [it].26
  13. In that day the pretty virgins will swoon away, also the young men, because of the thirst;27
  14. those who are swearing by the guiltiness of Sa·marʹi·a,28 and who actually say: “As your god is alive,[g] O Dan!”29 and, “As the way of Beʹer-sheʹba30 is alive!” And they will certainly fall, and they will rise up no more.’”31

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Summer fruit.” Heb., qaʹyits; points to the ending of the agricultural year.
  2. ^ “The end.” Heb., haq·qetsʹ; a play on the Heb. word qaʹyits, “summer fruit,” in the first part of the vs.
  3. ^ “Meek ones,” M; Mmargin, “afflicted ones.”
  4. ^ Or, “Pride.”
  5. ^ Or, “the earth.” Heb., ha·ʼaʹrets.
  6. ^ Or, “for food.” Heb., lal·leʹchem.
  7. ^ Lit., “Alive [is] your god.” Heb., cheh ʼelo·heyʹkha, the adjective “alive” being masc. sing.; Gr., the·osʹ; Lat., deʹus.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Je 24:1
  2. ^ Je 1:11
  3. ^ Je 24:8
  4. ^ La 4:18; Eze 7:2
  5. ^ Am 4:12; 7:8
  6. ^ Ho 10:5; Jl 1:13; Am 5:23
  7. ^ Je 9:21; Am 6:10
  8. ^ Ps 37:14; 140:12; Pr 30:14
  9. ^ Ps 14:4; Am 2:6
  10. ^ Nu 10:10
  11. ^ Ne 10:31
  12. ^ Ex 20:8; Ne 13:15
  13. ^ Le 19:36; Mc 6:10
  14. ^ Pr 11:1; 20:23; Ho 12:7
  15. ^ Le 25:39; Am 2:6
  16. ^ De 33:26; Ps 47:4; 68:34
  17. ^ Je 17:1; Ho 8:13; Na 1:3
  18. ^ Is 5:25
  19. ^ Ho 4:3
  20. ^ Am 9:5
  21. ^ Je 15:9; Mc 3:6; Mt 24:29
  22. ^ Ho 2:11
  23. ^ Eze 7:18
  24. ^ Je 6:26; Lu 7:12
  25. ^ 1Sa 3:1; Ps 74:9; Eze 7:26; Mt 4:4
  26. ^ Pr 1:28
  27. ^ La 2:19
  28. ^ Jos 23:7; 1Ki 12:30; Ho 8:5; 10:5
  29. ^ 1Ki 12:29
  30. ^ Am 5:5
  31. ^ 2Ki 18:11; Ho 13:16

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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