{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/amos/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T17:35:16.870Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold a hook to draw down the fruit. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he said: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A hook to draw down fruit. And the Lord said to me: The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail, "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances, "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn? "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send forth a famine into the land: not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And they shall move from sea to sea, and from the north to the east: they shall go about seeking the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"In that day the fair virgins, and the young men shall faint for thirst. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 8 (DRB)","markdown":"[Amos 8](https://primebible.com/drb/amos/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/amos/8 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}