Amos 8:1

Modern

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.

Traditional

Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

Literal

Thus the Lord YHWH has shown me: And behold, a basket of summer fruit.

Latin

Hæc ostendit mihi Dominus Deus: et ecce uncinus pomorum.

Hebrew

English

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.

This vision continues the prophetic sermon that started in Amos 7:1 and was paused for the conversation with Amaziah.

This section contains five visions. It is helpful to compare how these visions develop with the judgments listed earlier in Amos 4:6–11.

The judgments listed there include:

Amos 7:1
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
Amos 7:7
This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
Amos 7:4
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God