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

1This is what the Lord God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. And 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 not spare them any longer. 3The songs of the palace will turn to wailing on that day,” declares the Lord God. “The corpses will be many; in every place they will throw them out. Hush!” 4Hear this, you who trample the needy, to put an end to 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

• And 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 anyעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• longerיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254

Cross-references for Amos 8:2

• Amos 7:8And the 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 not spare them any longer.
• Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch 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 raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.
• Zechariah 5:2And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “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 is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and live in it,
• 2 Samuel 16:1Now when David had gone on a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a team of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes 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 the summer, Which one sees, And as soon as it is in his hand, He swallows it.
• Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and metalworkers from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 40:10Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay in Mizpah to stand for you before the Chaldeans who come to us; but as for you, gather wine, summer fruit, and oil, and put them in your storage vessels, and live in your cities that you have taken over.”
• Micah 7:1Woe to me! For I am Like harvests of summer fruit, like gleanings of grapes. There is not a cluster of grapes left to eat, Nor an early 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 this way! But what will you do when the end comes?
• 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, this is what the Lord God says 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. The entire house of Israel certainly 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