English Standard Version
Amos 8:2
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 upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by them.
Amos 8:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“What do you see, Amos?” he asked. “A basket of ripe fruit,” I answered. Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me: “The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“What do you see, Amos?” he asked. I replied, “A basket full of ripe fruit.” Then the Lord said, “Like this fruit, Israel is ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again.
Context of Amos 8:2
1This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. And 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 upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by them. 3The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day," declares the Lord God. "So many dead bodies!" "They are thrown everywhere!" "Silence!" 4Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end,
Read all of Amos 8Amos 8:2 word by word
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ עָמ֔וֹס וָאֹמַ֖ר כְּל֣וּב קָ֑יִץ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י בָּ֤א הַקֵּץ֙ אֶל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Amosעָמוֹס‛âmôs · AmosH5986
- what seestרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- A basketכְּלוּבkelûb · basketH3619
- of summer fruitקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- unto me, The endקֵץqêts · endH7093
- is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- upon my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- I will not againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
- passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
Cross-references for Amos 8:2
- Amos 7:8And the Lord said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by them;
- Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see an almond branch."
- Ezekiel 8:6And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations."
- Zechariah 1:18And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns!
- Zechariah 5:2And he said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits."
- Deuteronomy 26:1"When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it,
- 2 Samuel 16:1When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
- Isaiah 28:4and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer: when someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it is in his hand.
- Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 40:10As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah, to represent you before the Chaldeans who will come to us. But as for you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and store them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken."
- Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
- Jeremiah 1:12Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."
- Jeremiah 5:31the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
- Lamentations 4:18They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.
- Ezekiel 7:2"And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
- Ezekiel 3:7But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
Commentaries on Amos 8:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2A basket of summer fruit - קיץ כלוב kelub kayits, the end is come - הקץ בא ba hakkets : here is a paronomasia or play upon the words kayits, summer fruit, and kets, the end, both coming from similar roots. See the note on Ezekiel 7:2; (note), where there is a similar play on the same word. I will not again pass by them any more - I will be no longer their Guardian.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2the 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.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. end--(Eze 7:2, 6).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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