24:4 The earth
the world shrivels up and withers;
the prominent people of the earth
24:5 The earth is defiled by
for they have violated laws,
disregarded the regulation,
and broken the permanent treaty.
24:6 So a treaty curse
its inhabitants pay for their guilt.
This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear,
and are reduced to just a handful of people.
24:7 The new wine dries up,
the vines shrivel up,
all those who like to celebrate
24:8 The happy sound
the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt,
the happy sound of the harp ceases.
24:9 They no longer sing and drink wine;
the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
24:10 The ruined town
all of the houses are shut up tight.
24:11 They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine;
all joy turns to sorrow;
celebrations disappear from the earth.
24:12 The city is left in ruins;
the gate is reduced to rubble.
4:27 All this will happen because the Lord said,
“The whole land will be desolate;
however, I will not completely destroy it.
1:10 The crops of the fields
The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished.
The fresh wine has dried up;
the olive oil languishes.
1:11 Be distressed,
wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley.
For the harvest of the field has perished.
1:12 The vine has dried up;
the fig tree languishes –
the pomegranate, date, and apple
In fact,
Indeed, the joy of the people
1:13 Get dressed
Wail, you who minister at the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God,
because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings
to the temple of your God anymore.
1:2 Amos
“The Lord comes roaring
from Jerusalem
The shepherds’ pastures wilt;
the summit of Carmel
5:16 Because of Israel’s sins
“In all the squares there will be wailing,
in all the streets they will mourn the dead.
They will tell the field workers
and the professional mourners
8:8 Because of this the earth
and all who live in it will mourn.
The whole earth
it will surge upward
1:4 He shouts a battle cry
he makes all the rivers
Bashan and Carmel wither;
the blossom of Lebanon withers.