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Amos 8:1
1Thus the Lord God showed me [a vision], and behold, there was a basket of [overripe] summer fruit.
Amos 8:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
- New International Version (NIV)This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: a basket of ripe fruit.
- English Standard Version (ESV)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.
Context of Amos 8:1
Thus the Lord God showed me [a vision], and behold, there was a basket of [overripe] summer fruit. 2And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer [for the nation is ripe for judgment]. 3In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the Lord God. “There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.”
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כֹּ֥ה הִרְאַ֖נִי אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה כְּל֥וּב קָֽיִץ׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Amos 8:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1A basket of summer fruit - As summer fruit was not proper for preserving, but must be eaten as soon as gathered, so the Lord intimates by this symbol that the kingdom of Israel was now ripe for destruction, and that punishment must descend upon it without delay. Some think the prophet means the fruits at the end of autumn. And as after the autumn no fruit could be expected, so Israel's summer is gone by, her autumn is ended, and she shall yield no more…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Thus hath the Lord God showed me - The sentence of Amaziah pronounced, Amos resumes just where he left off, before Amaziah broke in upon him. His vehement interruption is like a stone cast into the deep waters. They close over it, and it leaves no trace. Amos had authenticated the third vision; “Thus hath the Lord God shewed me.” He resumes in the self-same calm words. The last vision declared that the end was certain; this, that it was at hand. A basket…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The near approach of the ruin of Israel. (1-3) Oppression reproved. (4-10) A famine of the word of God. (11-14) Verses 1-3 Amos saw a basket of summer fruit gathered, and ready to be eaten; which signified, that the people were ripe for destruction, that the year of God's patience was drawing towards a conclusion. Such summer fruits will not keep till winter, but must be used at once. Yet these judgments shall not draw from them any acknowledgement…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1This vision continues the prophetic sermon that started in Amos 7:1 and was paused for the conversation with Amaziah.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-141. summer fruit--Hebrew, kitz. In Am 8:2 "end" is in Hebrew, keetz. The similarity of sounds implies that, as the summer is the end of the year and the time of the ripeness of fruits, so Israel is ripe for her last punishment, ending her national existence. As the fruit is plucked when ripe from the tree, so Israel from her land.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Amos 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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