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Amos 8:1 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Amos 8:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 8 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
The Vision of Ripe Fruit
“Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.”
Amos 8:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 8:1
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit—God shows Amos a fourth vision (following locusts in 7:1-3, fire in 7:4-6, and plumb line in 7:7-9). The Hebrew kelub qayits (כְּלוּב קַיִץ, "basket of summer fruit") depicts late-harvest fruit—figs, grapes, dates gathered at summer's end. The term qayits (קַיִץ) means "summer" but specifically the hot, dry season culminating in final harvest before agricultural dormancy.The vision functions as visual wordplay preparing for verse 2's devastating pun. God's prophetic pedagogy often uses ordinary objects to convey theolog...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 8:1
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“he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold”
“the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep”
“the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line”