Amos 8:2

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Amos 8:2

1Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. He said, “What do you see, Amos?” 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. 3The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day,” declares the Lord God. “Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence.” 4Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,

Amos 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

• He saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• do you seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Amosעָמוֹס‛âmôs · AmosH5986
• A basketכְּלוּבkelûb · basketH3619
• Then the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• endקֵץqêts · endH7093
• has comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• for My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• spareעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• them noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• longerיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• longerעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750

Cross-references for Amos 8:2

• Amos 7:8The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will spare them no longer.
• Jeremiah 1:11The word of the Lord came to me saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an almond tree.”
• Ezekiel 8:6And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? But yet you will see still greater abominations.”
• Zechariah 1:18Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.
• Zechariah 5:2And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”
• Deuteronomy 26:1“Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it and live in it,
• 2 Samuel 16:1Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.
• Isaiah 28:4And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley, Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to summer, Which one sees, And as soon as it is in his hand, He swallows it.
• Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord!
• Jeremiah 40:10Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay at Mizpah to stand for you before the Chaldeans who come to us; but as for you, gather in wine and summer fruit and oil and put them in your storage vessels, and live in your cities that you have taken over.”
• Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers. There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, Or a first-ripe fig which I crave.
• 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 on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?
• Lamentations 4:18They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
• Ezekiel 7:2“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land.
• Ezekiel 3:7yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate.

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

Topics related to Amos 8:2

• Amos
• Summer
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Amos
• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Basket

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