King James Version
What Does Amos 8:1 Mean?
“Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.”
Context
1
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2
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.
3
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. shall be howlings: Heb. shall howl with: Heb. be silent
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(1, 2) The visions are resumed as though the priest at Bethel had trembled at the presence of Amos, and had ceased to persecute him. There is a remarkable play of words, *qaits* being the Hebrew for “summer fruit,” and *qêts* for “end.” It is harvest time, the end of the agricultural year. Israel is ripe for his final doom, that shall sweep down like a scythe. For “pass by” see on Amos 7:8.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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