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Amos 8

Amos 8:2

The Basket of Summer Fruit · Amos 8:1–14
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Translations

Modern
“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
Traditional
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
Literal
And He said, “What are you seeing, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” And YHWH said to me: “The end has come for My people Israel! I will not continue anymore to pass over him.”
Latin
Et dixit: Quid tu vides, Amos? Et dixi: Uncinum pomorum. Et dixit Dominus ad me: Venit finis super populum meum Israël; non adjiciam ultra ut pertranseam eum.

Original

Hebrew
English
“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”

Notes

Amos 8:2

the end has come: Amos uses a play on words between summer fruit (Hebrew qayits) and the end has come (Hebrew ba’ haqqets). The end had come for God's people, Israel, because they were like ripe fruit, ready to be harvested in judgment.

Amos 7:1–9:10

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:

  • famine,

  • drought,

  • destruction of crops,

  • plagues, and

  • widespread destruction.

Events

People

Amos: Prophet from Tekoa who prophesied to Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Apocalyptic Book of Amos Vision, Visions

Topics

Amos: Vision of Summer: Fruits of Symbols and Similitudes: Basket of Fruit Vision of Amos of Summer Fruit Visions: To Amos