^(A)“The end has come upon My people Israel;
^(B)I will not pass by them anymore.
³ And ^(C)the songs of the temple
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord God—
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
^(D)They shall be thrown out in silence.”

⁴ Hear this, you who ^[a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,

“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And ^(E)the Sabbath,
That we may ^[b]trade wheat?
^(F)Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by ^(G)deceit,
⁶ That we may buy the poor for ^(H)silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”

⁷ The Lord has sworn by ^(I)the pride of Jacob:
“Surely ^(J)I will never forget any of their works.
^8 (K)Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like ^[c]the River,
Heave and subside
^(L)Like the River of Egypt.

⁹ “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
^(M)“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in ^[d]broad daylight;
¹⁰ I will turn your feasts into ^(N)mourning,
^(O)And all your songs into lamentation;
^(P)I will bring sackcloth on every waist,
And baldness on every head;
I will make it like mourning for an only son,
And its end like a bitter day.

¹¹ “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But ^(Q)of hearing the words of the Lord.
¹² They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall ^(R)not find it.

¹³ “In that day the fair virgins
And strong young men
Shall faint from thirst.
¹⁴ Those who ^(S)swear by ^(T)the ^[e]sin of Samaria,
Who say,
‘As your god lives, O Dan!’
And, ‘As the way of ^(U)Beersheba lives!’
They shall fall and never rise again.”