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Amos 8:1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.

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In it I saw a basket filled with ripe fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, <i>there was</i> a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, <i>there was</i> a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus Lord Yahweh showed me, and behold, <i>there was</i> a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD showed me [a vision], and behold, <i>there was</i> a basket of [overripe] summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord GOD showed me this: a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord GOD showed me this: A basket of summer fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD God showed me a basket of ripe fruit <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD shewed me: and behold, a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/8.htm">GOD'S WORD&reg; Translation</a></span><br />This is what the Almighty LORD showed me: a basket of ripe summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I had another vision from the Sovereign LORD. In it I saw a basket of fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: Look! A basket of summer fruit! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw a basket of summer fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD showed me: And look, a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus has Lord YHWH showed me, and behold, a basket of summer-fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see: and behold, a basket of fruit.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold a hook to draw down the fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />These things the Lord has revealed to me. And behold, a hook to draw down fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: a basket of end-of-summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me&#8212;a basket of summer fruit.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THUS has the LORD God showed me: and behold, a sign of the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus The Lord of Lords has shown me, and behold, the sign of the end!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and behold a basket of summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And behold a fowler's basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/8-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=1327" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/8.htm">The Basket of Ripe Fruit</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: k&#333;h (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: &#8217;a&#774;&#183;&#7695;&#333;&#183;n&#257;y (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah&#183;weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: hir&#183;&#8217;a&#183;n&#238; (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">showed me:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: w&#601;&#183;hin&#183;n&#234;h (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">I saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/3619.htm" title="3619: k&#601;&#183;l&#363;&#7687; (N-msc) -- A basket, cage. From the same as keleb; a bird-trap; hence, a basket.">a basket</a> <a href="/hebrew/7019.htm" title="7019: q&#257;&#183;yi&#7779; (N-ms) -- To awake. From quwts; harvest, whether the product or the season.">of summer fruit.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>&#8220;Amos, what do you see?&#8221; He asked. &#8220;A basket of summer fruit,&#8221; I replied. So the LORD said to me, &#8220;The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.&#8221;&#8230;<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> &middot; <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/24-1.htm">Jeremiah 24:1-10</a></span><br />After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. / One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten. / &#8220;Jeremiah,&#8221; the LORD asked, &#8220;what do you see?&#8221; &#8220;Figs!&#8221; I replied. &#8220;The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.&#8221; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-2.htm">Ezekiel 7:2-6</a></span><br />&#8220;O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: &#8216;The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. / The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.&#8217; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a></span><br />I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / &#8220;And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1-3</a></span><br />Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. / The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them. / They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Micah 7:1-4</a></span><br />Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave. / The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/5-1.htm">Zechariah 5:1-4</a></span><br />Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll. / &#8220;What do you see?&#8221; asked the angel. &#8220;I see a flying scroll,&#8221; I replied, &#8220;twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.&#8221; / Then he told me, &#8220;This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Joel 3:13</a></span><br />Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a></span><br />The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-18</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, &#8220;Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.&#8221; / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-32.htm">Matthew 24:32-35</a></span><br />Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. / So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door. / Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-28.htm">Mark 13:28-31</a></span><br />Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. / So also, when you see these things happening, know that He is near, right at the door. / Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-29.htm">Luke 21:29-33</a></span><br />Then Jesus told them a parable: &#8220;Look at the fig tree and all the trees. / When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. / So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-14.htm">Revelation 14:14-20</a></span><br />And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. / Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, &#8220;Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.&#8221; / So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-18.htm">Matthew 21:18-19</a></span><br />In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry. / Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. &#8220;May you never bear fruit again!&#8221; He said. And immediately the tree withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-6</a></span><br />&#8220;I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1,4,7</a></b></br> Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, <i>it was</i> the latter growth after the king's mowings&#8230; </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/24-2.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/amos/7-14.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Ripe</a> <a href="/amos/7-7.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/amos/7-7.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/amos/7-7.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/amos/7-6.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Summer</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/8-2.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/amos/8-2.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/amos/8-2.htm">Ripe</a> <a href="/micah/7-15.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/amos/8-2.htm">Summer</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-1.htm">By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Oppression is reproved.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-11.htm">A famine of the word of God threatened.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book&nbsp;&#9702;</a>&nbsp;<a href="/study/chapters/amos/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter&nbsp;</a></tr></table></div><b>This is what the Lord GOD showed me:</b><br>This phrase introduces a vision given to the prophet Amos by God. Visions were a common way God communicated with His prophets, providing them with divine insight and messages to deliver to the people. The use of "Lord GOD" emphasizes the sovereignty and authority of God in revealing His will. This vision is part of a series of visions in the book of Amos, each conveying a message of impending judgment and the need for repentance.<p><b>I saw a basket of summer fruit:</b><br>The imagery of a "basket of summer fruit" is significant. In the ancient Near East, summer fruit, such as figs and grapes, represented the end of the harvest season. This symbolizes the culmination of Israel's iniquity and the imminent judgment that God is about to bring upon them. The Hebrew word for "summer fruit" (qayits) is a play on words with "end" (qets), indicating that the end is near for Israel. This vision serves as a metaphor for the ripeness of Israel's sins and the urgency of their situation. The basket of fruit suggests abundance and prosperity, yet it also signifies that the time for repentance is running out, as the fruit will soon spoil. This vision connects to the broader theme of the book, where God calls for justice and righteousness, warning of the consequences of ignoring His commands.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who reveals His will and impending judgment through visions to His prophets.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/basket_of_ripe_summer_fruit.htm">Basket of Ripe Summer Fruit</a></b><br>A vision symbolizing the imminent judgment on Israel. The Hebrew word for "summer fruit" (qayits) is a play on words with "end" (qets), indicating that Israel's time is ripe for judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_ripe_fruit.htm">Symbolism of Ripe Fruit</a></b><br>The vision of ripe summer fruit symbolizes the fullness of time for Israel's judgment. Just as fruit is harvested when ripe, so too is Israel ready for God's judgment due to their persistent sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_justice.htm">God's Patience and Justice</a></b><br>The vision underscores God's patience, as He waits until the "fruit" is ripe. However, it also highlights His justice, as He will not delay judgment indefinitely.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The vision serves as a warning and a call to repentance. It reminds believers of the importance of living in accordance with God's standards to avoid spiritual decay.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/awareness_of_spiritual_seasons.htm">Awareness of Spiritual Seasons</a></b><br>Just as there are seasons in agriculture, there are spiritual seasons. Believers should be aware of the spiritual state of their lives and communities, seeking God's guidance and correction.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_response_to_wrong_requests.htm">Will you seek me and live?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/amos_5_8_vs._modern_star_dating.htm">Amos 5:8 - How can we reconcile the claim that God formed the Pleiades and Orion with modern astronomy, which dates these stars to vastly different periods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_no_exodus_evidence_challenge_faith.htm">Amos 3:1: Does the lack of direct archaeological evidence for a mass exodus undermine the claim that God led Israel out of Egypt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_names_and_titles_of_god.htm">What are the Names and Titles of God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(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, <span class= "ital">qaits</span> being the Hebrew for "summer fruit," and <span class= "ital">qets</span> 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 <a href="/amos/7-8.htm" title="And the LORD said to me, Amos, what see you? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:">Amos 7:8</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-14.</span> - &sect; 5. <span class="accented">In the fourth vision, the basket of summer fruit, the Lord shows that the people is ripe for judgment.</span> Explaining this revelation, Amos denounces the oppression and greed of the chieftains (vers. 4-10), and warns them that those who despise the Word of God shall some day suffer from a famine of the Word (vers. 11-14). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A basket of summer fruit;</span> Septuagint, <span class="greek">&#x1f04;&#x3b3;&#x3b3;&#x3bf;&#x3c2;&#x20;&#x1f30;&#x3be;&#x3b5;&#x3c5;&#x3c4;&#x3bf;&#x1fe6;</span>, "a fowler's vessel;" Vulgate, <span class="accented">uncinus pomorum</span>, which Jerome explains," Sicut uncino rami arborum detrahuntur ad poma carpenda, ita ego proximum captivitatis tempus attraxi." The word <span class="accented">chelub</span> is taken to mean "a basket of wickerwork;" it is used for "a cage" in <a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27</a>, but is found nowhere else. The gathering of fruit was the last harvest of the year, and thus fitly typified the final punishment of Israel. This is set forth by the play on the word in the next verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/8-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1499;&#1468;&#1465;&#1445;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(k&#333;h)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1458;&#1491;&#1465;&#1504;&#1464;&#1443;&#1497;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;a&#774;&#183;&#7695;&#333;&#183;n&#257;y)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1497;&#1456;&#1492;&#1493;&#1460;&#1425;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(Yah&#183;weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">showed me:</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1492;&#1460;&#1512;&#1456;&#1488;&#1463;&#1430;&#1504;&#1460;&#1497;</span> <span class="translit">(hir&#183;&#8217;a&#183;n&#238;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular &#124; first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I saw</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1456;&#1492;&#1460;&#1504;&#1468;&#1461;&#1430;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(w&#601;&#183;hin&#183;n&#234;h)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a basket</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1499;&#1468;&#1456;&#1500;&#1445;&#1493;&#1468;&#1489;</span> <span class="translit">(k&#601;&#183;l&#363;&#7687;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3619.htm">Strong's 3619: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bird-trap, a basket</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of summer fruit.</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1511;&#1464;&#1469;&#1497;&#1460;&#1509;&#1475;</span> <span class="translit">(q&#257;&#183;yi&#7779;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7019.htm">Strong's 7019: </a> </span><span class="str2">To awake</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/8-1.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 8:1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold (Amo. 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