All these [are] as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand,

and a man shall not labor among them; and [one shall have] that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, and he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.

And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.

And you, son of man, fear them not, nor be dismayed at their face (for they will madden and will rise up against you round about, and you dwell in the midst of scorpions), be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their countenance, for they are a provoking house.

but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, of which the end [is] for burning.

Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord: I will even set aside this parable, and the house of Israel shall by no means use this parable [again]; for you shall say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.

For there shall no more be any false vision, nor anyone prophesying flatteries in the midst of the children of Israel.

The days of vengeance have come, the days of your recompense have come; and Israel shall be afflicted as the prophet that is mad, as a man deranged. By reason of the multitude of your iniquities your madness has abounded.

The watchman of Ephraim [was] with God. The prophet is a crooked snare in all his ways: they have established madness in the house of God.

And He said, What do you see, Amos? And I said, A fowler's basket. And the Lord said to me, The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.

And what will they do in the day of visitation? For affliction shall come to you from afar; and to whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory,

[This translation omits this verse.]

They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

For [it is] a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and [there is] perplexity [sent] from the Lord of hosts; they wander in the valley of Zion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.

"And there shall be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, as the sea and the waves roar,