Amos 8

YHWH shows Amos a vision of a basket of summer fruit (qayis), symbolizing the end (qes) for Israel, with judgment bringing death, wailing, and bodies thrown out in silence[1][2][3]. The chapter condemns merchants for oppressing the poor with dishonest scales, predicts cosmic darkening, mourning like for an only son, and a famine of hearing YHWH's word, causing desperate wandering[1][2][3].

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Verse 2
And he said and he said What what? do you you see seeing one Amos Amos Amos And I said and I said a basket wicker enclosure of summer fruit summer harvest-season Then YHWH said and he said the LORD Yahweh Yahweh to me toward me has come he came the end the cut-off end upon toward my people my people Israel El-Contends Yiserael not not I will add I will add again still, again, further to pass Cross over by it —
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer And he said and he said HC/Vqw3ms מָֽה 𐤌𐤄 mah What what? HTi אַתָּ֤ה 𐤀𐤕𐤄 atah do you you HPp2ms רֹאֶה֙ 𐤓𐤀𐤄 roeh see seeing one HVqrmsa עָמ֔וֹס 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤎 amos Amos Amos Amos HNp וָ/אֹמַ֖ר 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓 vaomar And I said and I said HC/Vqw1cs כְּל֣וּב 𐤊𐤋𐤅𐤁 keluv a basket wicker enclosure HNcmsc קָ֑יִץ 𐤒𐤉𐤑 qayits of summer fruit summer harvest-season HNcmsa וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer-2 Then YHWH said and he said HC/Vqw3ms יְהוָ֜ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֵלַ֗/י 𐤀𐤋/𐤉 elay to me toward me HR/Sp1cs בָּ֤א 𐤁𐤀 ba has come he came HVqp3ms הַ/קֵּץ֙ 𐤄/𐤒𐤑 haqets the end the cut-off end HTd/Ncmsa אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el upon toward HR עַמִּ֣/י 𐤏𐤌/𐤉 ami my people my people HNcmsc/Sp1cs יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn אוֹסִ֥יף 𐤀𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤐 osif I will add I will add HVhi1cs ע֖וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od again still, again, further HD עֲב֥וֹר 𐤏𐤁𐤅𐤓 avor to pass Cross over HVqc לֽ/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo-2 by it HR/Sp3ms
Verse 5
saying to say when when will pass over he will cross over the new moon the new-moon that we may sell let us trade in grain grain broken grain and the Sabbath the rest-day that we may open and let us open wheat purified grain making small to make small the ephah grain dry-measure and making great and to make great the shekel weighing-unit of and falsifying and to distort the balances pair of scales of of deceit deliberate deceit
לֵ/אמֹ֗ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying to say HR/Vqc מָתַ֞י 𐤌𐤕𐤉 matay when when HTi יַעֲבֹ֤ר 𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 yaavor will pass over he will cross over HVqi3ms הַ/חֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ 𐤄/𐤇𐤃𐤔 hachodesh Umwenshi (Bemba) the new moon the new-moon HTd/Ncmsa וְ/נַשְׁבִּ֣ירָה 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤄 venashebirah that we may sell let us trade in grain HC/Vhh1cp שֶּׁ֔בֶר 𐤔𐤁𐤓 shever grain broken grain HNcmsa וְ/הַ/שַּׁבָּ֖ת 𐤅/𐤄/𐤔𐤁𐤕 vehashabat and the Sabbath the rest-day HC/Td/Ncbsa וְ/נִפְתְּחָה 𐤅/𐤍𐤐𐤕𐤇𐤄 venifetechah that we may open and let us open HC/Vqh1cp בָּ֑ר 𐤁𐤓 bar wheat purified grain HNcmsa לְ/הַקְטִ֤ין 𐤋/𐤄𐤒𐤈𐤉𐤍 lehaqetin making small to make small HR/Vhc אֵיפָה֙ 𐤀𐤉𐤐𐤄 eyfah the ephah grain dry-measure HNcfsa וּ/לְ/הַגְדִּ֣יל 𐤅/𐤋/𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤋 ulehagedil and making great and to make great HC/R/Vhc שֶׁ֔קֶל 𐤔𐤒𐤋 sheqel the shekel weighing-unit of HNcmsa וּ/לְ/עַוֵּ֖ת 𐤅/𐤋/𐤏𐤅𐤕 uleavet and falsifying and to distort HC/R/Vpc מֹאזְנֵ֥י 𐤌𐤀𐤆𐤍𐤉 mozeney the balances pair of scales of HNcmdc מִרְמָֽה 𐤌𐤓𐤌𐤄 miremah of deceit deliberate deceit HNcfsa
Verse 8
Because of raise up! this this one not not tremble she will tremble the land the earth and mourn and he mourned all entirety of who dwell dwelling-one of in it — and it will rise and she ascended like the Nile like a river like Yeor all of it her entirety and be tossed and she was expelled and subside and she was given drink and sink and she sank down like the Nile river-watercourse like Yeor of Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim
הַ֤/עַל 𐤄/𐤏𐤋 haal Because of raise up! HTi/R זֹאת֙ 𐤆𐤀𐤕 zot this this one HPdxfs לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn תִרְגַּ֣ז 𐤕𐤓𐤂𐤆 tiregaz tremble she will tremble HVqi3fs הָ/אָ֔רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets the land the earth HTd/Ncbsa וְ/אָבַ֖ל 𐤅/𐤀𐤁𐤋 veaval and mourn and he mourned HC/Vqq3ms כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all entirety of HNcmsc יוֹשֵׁ֣ב 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁 yoshev who dwell dwelling-one of HVqrmsa בָּ֑/הּ 𐤁/𐤄 bah in it HR/Sp3fs וְ/עָלְתָ֤ה 𐤅/𐤏𐤋𐤕𐤄 vealetah and it will rise and she ascended HC/Vqq3fs כָ/אֹר֙ 𐤊/𐤀𐤓 khaor like the Nile like a river like Yeor HRd/Np כֻּלָּ֔/הּ 𐤊𐤋/𐤄 kulah all of it her entirety HNcmsc/Sp3fs וְ/נִגְרְשָׁ֥ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤂𐤓𐤔𐤄 venigereshah and be tossed and she was expelled HC/VNq3fs ו/נשקה 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤒𐤄 vnshqh and subside and she was given drink HC/VNq3fs וְ/נִשְׁקְעָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤒𐤏𐤄 venisheqeah and sink and she sank down HC/VNq3fs כִּ/יא֥וֹר 𐤊/𐤉𐤀𐤅𐤓 kior like the Nile river-watercourse like Yeor HR/Np מִצְרָֽיִם 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 mitserayim of Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim HNp
Verse 10
and-I-will-turn and I overturned your-feasts your pilgrimage festivals to-mourning to mourning and-all and whole of your-songs your songs to-lamentation for a lament-poem and-I-will-bring-up and I caused to ascend upon upon all entirety of loins loins sackcloth coarse sackcloth and-upon and upon all entirety of head head baldness bald patch and-I-will-make-it and I set her like-mourning like mourning only-son unique one and-end-of-it and her final outcome like-day like a day bitter bitterness of
וְ/הָפַכְתִּ֨י 𐤅/𐤄𐤐𐤊𐤕𐤉 vehafakheti and-I-will-turn and I overturned HC/Vqq1cs חַגֵּי/כֶ֜ם 𐤇𐤂𐤉/𐤊𐤌 chageykhem your-feasts your pilgrimage festivals HNcmpc/Sp2mp לְ/אֵ֗בֶל 𐤋/𐤀𐤁𐤋 leevel to-mourning to mourning HR/Ncmsa וְ/כָל 𐤅/𐤊𐤋 vekhal and-all and whole of HC/Ncmsc שִֽׁירֵי/כֶם֙ 𐤔𐤉𐤓𐤉/𐤊𐤌 shireykhem your-songs your songs HNcbpc/Sp2mp לְ/קִינָ֔ה 𐤋/𐤒𐤉𐤍𐤄 leqinah to-lamentation for a lament-poem HR/Ncfsa וְ/הַעֲלֵיתִ֤י 𐤅/𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕𐤉 vehaaleyti and-I-will-bring-up and I caused to ascend HC/Vhq1cs עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon HR כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all entirety of HNcmsc מָתְנַ֨יִם֙ 𐤌𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤌 matenayim loins loins HNcmda שָׂ֔ק 𐤔𐤒 saq sackcloth coarse sackcloth HNcmsa וְ/עַל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and-upon and upon HC/R כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal-2 all entirety of HNcmsc רֹ֖אשׁ 𐤓𐤀𐤔 rosh head head HNcmsa קָרְחָ֑ה 𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄 qarechah baldness bald patch HNcfsa וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֨י/הָ֙ 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤕𐤉/𐤄 vesametiha and-I-will-make-it and I set her HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3fs כְּ/אֵ֣בֶל 𐤊/𐤀𐤁𐤋 keevel like-mourning like mourning HR/Ncmsa יָחִ֔יד 𐤉𐤇𐤉𐤃 yachid only-son unique one HAamsa וְ/אַחֲרִיתָ֖/הּ 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤕/𐤄 veacharitah and-end-of-it and her final outcome HC/Ncfsc/Sp3fs כְּ/י֥וֹם 𐤊/𐤉𐤅𐤌 keyom like-day like a day HR/Ncmsa מָֽר 𐤌𐤓 mar bitter bitterness of HAamsa
Verse 11
Behold Look! days days are coming the ones coming declares solemn utterance of Lord my Sovereign Lord GOD the Being-One Yahweh and I will send and I will dispatch a famine famine in the land in the land not not a famine famine of bread for bread nor and not a thirst thirst for water to the waters but for/because rather if / whether for hearing to hear the object-marker words words of of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh
הִנֵּ֣ה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh Behold Look! HTm יָמִ֣ים 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 yamim days days HNcmpa בָּאִ֗ים 𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤌 baim are coming the ones coming HVqrmpa נְאֻם֙ 𐤍𐤀𐤌 neum declares solemn utterance of HNcmsc אֲדֹנָ֣/י 𐤀𐤃𐤍/𐤉 adonay Lord my Sovereign Lord HNcmpc/Sp1cs יְהוִ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvih GOD the Being-One Yahweh HNp וְ/הִשְׁלַחְתִּ֥י 𐤅/𐤄𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤕𐤉 vehishelacheti and I will send and I will dispatch HC/Vhq1cs רָעָ֖ב 𐤓𐤏𐤁 raav a famine famine HNcmsa בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑 baarets in the land in the land HRd/Ncbsa לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn רָעָ֤ב 𐤓𐤏𐤁 raav-2 a famine famine HNcmsa לַ/לֶּ֨חֶם֙ 𐤋/𐤋𐤇𐤌 lalechem of bread for bread HRd/Ncbsa וְ/לֹֽא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo nor and not HC/Tn צָמָ֣א 𐤑𐤌𐤀 tsama a thirst thirst HNcmsa לַ/מַּ֔יִם 𐤋/𐤌𐤉𐤌 lamayim Amanzi (Zulu) for water to the waters HRd/Ncmpa כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki but for/because HC אִם 𐤀𐤌 im rather if / whether HC לִ/שְׁמֹ֔עַ 𐤋/𐤔𐤌𐤏 lishemoa for hearing to hear HR/Vqc אֵ֖ת 𐤀𐤕 et the object-marker HTo דִּבְרֵ֥י 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 diverey words words of HNcmpc יְהוָֽה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp
Verse 14
those who swear the oath-swearing ones by the guilt of in guilt of Samaria Watch-Place Shomeron and say and they said lives living your god your Mighty One O Dan He-has-judged Dan and lives and he lived the way of path of Beersheba Well-of-the-Oath Beer Sheva Beersheba Well-of-the-Oath Beer Sheva they shall fall and they fell and not and not rise again they will rise anymore still, again, further
הַ/נִּשְׁבָּעִים֙ 𐤄/𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 hanishebaim those who swear the oath-swearing ones HTd/VNrmpa בְּ/אַשְׁמַ֣ת 𐤁/𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤕 beashemat by the guilt of in guilt of HR/Ncfsc שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן 𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤍 shomeron Samaria Watch-Place Shomeron HNp וְ/אָמְר֗וּ 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 veameru and say and they said HC/Vqq3cp חֵ֤י 𐤇𐤉 chey lives living HAamsa אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤊 eloheykha Mulimu (Lozi) your god your Mighty One HNcmpc/Sp2ms דָּ֔ן 𐤃𐤍 dan O Dan He-has-judged Dan HNp וְ/חֵ֖י 𐤅/𐤇𐤉 vechey and lives and he lived HC/Aamsa דֶּ֣רֶךְ 𐤃𐤓𐤊 derekhe the way of path of HNcbsc בְּאֵֽר 𐤁𐤀𐤓 beer Beersheba Well-of-the-Oath Beer Sheva HNp שָׁ֑בַע 𐤔𐤁𐤏 shava Beersheba Well-of-the-Oath Beer Sheva HNp וְ/נָפְל֖וּ 𐤅/𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤅 venafelu they shall fall and they fell HC/Vqq3cp וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and not and not HC/Tn יָק֥וּמוּ 𐤉𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤅 yaqumu rise again they will rise HVqi3mp עֽוֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od anymore still, again, further HD
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