¹Hæc ostendit mihi Dominus Deus:These things the Lord has revealed to me.et ecce uncinus pomorum.And behold, a hook to draw down fruit.

¹Hæc ostendit mihi Dominus Deus:These things the Lord has revealed to me.et ecce uncinus pomorum.And behold, a hook to draw down fruit.

²Et dixit:And he said,Quid tu vides,“What do you see,Amos?Amos?”Et dixi:And I said,Uncinum pomorum.“A hook to draw down fruit.”Et dixit Dominus ad me:And the Lord said to me,Venit finis super populum meum Israël;“The end has come for my people Israel.non adjiciam ultra ut pertranseam eum.I will no longer pass through them.”

²Et dixit:And he said,Quid tu vides,“What do you see,Amos?Amos?”Et dixi:And I said,Uncinum pomorum.“A hook to draw down fruit.”Et dixit Dominus ad me:And the Lord said to me,Venit finis super populum meum Israël;“The end has come for my people Israel.non adjiciam ultra ut pertranseam eum.I will no longer pass through them.”

³Et stridebunt cardines templi in die illa,And the hinges of the temple will creak in that day,dicit Dominus Deus:says the Lord God.multi morientur;Many will die.in omni loco projicietur silentium.Silence will be thrown away in all places.

³Et stridebunt cardines templi in die illa,And the hinges of the temple will creak in that day,dicit Dominus Deus:says the Lord God.multi morientur;Many will die.in omni loco projicietur silentium.Silence will be thrown away in all places.

⁴Audite hoc,Hear this,qui conteritis pauperem,you who crush the pooret deficere facitis egenos terræ,and who make those in need of land to do without.

⁴Audite hoc,Hear this,qui conteritis pauperem,you who crush the pooret deficere facitis egenos terræ,and who make those in need of land to do without.

⁵dicentes:You say,Quando transibit mensis,“When will the first day of the month be over,et venundabimus merces?so we can sell our wares,et sabbatum,and the Sabbath,et aperiemus frumentum,so we can open the grain:ut imminuamus mensuram,in order that we may decrease the measure,et augeamus siclum,and increase the price,et supponamus stateras dolosas,and substitute deceitful scales,

⁵dicentes:You say,Quando transibit mensis,“When will the first day of the month be over,et venundabimus merces?so we can sell our wares,et sabbatum,and the Sabbath,et aperiemus frumentum,so we can open the grain:ut imminuamus mensuram,in order that we may decrease the measure,et augeamus siclum,and increase the price,et supponamus stateras dolosas,and substitute deceitful scales,

⁶ut possideamus in argento egenosin order that we may possess the destitute with money,et pauperes pro calceamentis,and the poor for a pair of shoes,et quisquilias frumenti vendamus?and may sell even the refuse of the grain?”

⁶ut possideamus in argento egenosin order that we may possess the destitute with money,et pauperes pro calceamentis,and the poor for a pair of shoes,et quisquilias frumenti vendamus?and may sell even the refuse of the grain?”

⁷Juravit Dominus in superbiam Jacob:The Lord has sworn by the arrogance of Jacob:Si oblitus fuero usque ad finem omnia opera eorum.I will not forget, even to the end, all their works.

⁷Juravit Dominus in superbiam Jacob:The Lord has sworn by the arrogance of Jacob:Si oblitus fuero usque ad finem omnia opera eorum.I will not forget, even to the end, all their works.

⁸Numquid super isto non commovebitur terra,Will not the earth shudder over this,et lugebit omnis habitator ejus,and all its inhabitants mourn,et ascendet quasi fluvius universus,and all rise up like a river,et ejicicetur,and be cast out,et defluet, quasi rivus Ægypti?and flow away like the river of Egypt?

⁸Numquid super isto non commovebitur terra,Will not the earth shudder over this,et lugebit omnis habitator ejus,and all its inhabitants mourn,et ascendet quasi fluvius universus,and all rise up like a river,et ejicicetur,and be cast out,et defluet, quasi rivus Ægypti?and flow away like the river of Egypt?

⁹Et erit in die illa,And it will be in that day,dicit Dominus Deus:says the Lord God,occidet sol in meridie,that the sun will decline at midday,et tenebrescere faciam terram in die luminis:and I will cause the earth to become dark on the day of light.

⁹Et erit in die illa,And it will be in that day,dicit Dominus Deus:says the Lord God,occidet sol in meridie,that the sun will decline at midday,et tenebrescere faciam terram in die luminis:and I will cause the earth to become dark on the day of light.

¹⁰et convertam festivitates vestras in luctum,And I will turn your feasts into mourning,et omnia cantica vestra in planctum,and all your hymns into lamentation.et inducam super omne dorsum vestrum saccum,And I will put sackcloth over every one of your backs,et super omne caput calvitium:and baldness on every head.et ponam eam quasi luctum unigeniti,And I will begin it like the mourning for an only-begotten son,et novissima ejus quasi diem amarum.and complete it like a bitter day.

¹⁰et convertam festivitates vestras in luctum,And I will turn your feasts into mourning,et omnia cantica vestra in planctum,and all your hymns into lamentation.et inducam super omne dorsum vestrum saccum,And I will put sackcloth over every one of your backs,et super omne caput calvitium:and baldness on every head.et ponam eam quasi luctum unigeniti,And I will begin it like the mourning for an only-begotten son,et novissima ejus quasi diem amarum.and complete it like a bitter day.

¹¹Ecce dies veniunt,Behold, the days pass,dicet Dominus, et mittam famem in terram:says the Lord, and I will send a famine on the earth:non famem panis,not a famine of bread,neque sitim aquæ,nor of thirst for water,sed audiendi verbum Domini.but for hearing the word of the Lord.

¹¹Ecce dies veniunt,Behold, the days pass,dicet Dominus, et mittam famem in terram:says the Lord, and I will send a famine on the earth:non famem panis,not a famine of bread,neque sitim aquæ,nor of thirst for water,sed audiendi verbum Domini.but for hearing the word of the Lord.

¹²Et commovebuntur a mari usque ad mare,And they will move even from sea to sea,et ab aquilone usque ad orientem:and from the North all the way to the East.circuibunt quærentes verbum Domini,They will wander around seeking the word of the Lord,et non invenient.and they will not find it.

¹²Et commovebuntur a mari usque ad mare,And they will move even from sea to sea,et ab aquilone usque ad orientem:and from the North all the way to the East.circuibunt quærentes verbum Domini,They will wander around seeking the word of the Lord,et non invenient.and they will not find it.

¹³In die illa deficient virgines pulchræ et adolescentes in siti,In that day, beautiful virgins, and young men, will fail because of thirst.

¹³In die illa deficient virgines pulchræ et adolescentes in siti,In that day, beautiful virgins, and young men, will fail because of thirst.

¹⁴qui jurant in delicto Samariæ,They swear by the offense of Samaria,et dicunt:and they say,Vivit Deus tuus,“As your God lives,Dan,Dan,”et vivit via Bersabee;and “The way of Beer-sheba lives.”et cadent,And they will fall,et non resurgent ultra.and they will not rise up any more.

¹⁴qui jurant in delicto Samariæ,They swear by the offense of Samaria,et dicunt:and they say,Vivit Deus tuus,“As your God lives,Dan,Dan,”et vivit via Bersabee;and “The way of Beer-sheba lives.”et cadent,And they will fall,et non resurgent ultra.and they will not rise up any more.