And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said YY unto me, The end is come upon my people of Yisrael; I will not again pass by them any more.
And YY said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said YY , Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Yisrael: I will not again pass by them any more:
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Tell them therefore, Thus saith YY Elohim; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Yisrael; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Yhudah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Yisrael do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, YY seeth us not; YY hath forsaken the earth.
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Yisrael committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
And Elohim said unto Noach, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Yisrael shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.