Amos 8:1

Thus lord LORD showed me: And, behold, a basket of summer fruit.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

In Context

2And he said, Amos, what do thou see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then LORD said to me, The end has come upon my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 24:1LORD showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of LORD, after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the rulers of Judah, with the craftsmen

Amos 7:4Thus lord LORD showed me: And, behold, lord LORD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

Matthew Henry on Amos 8:1

Sinful times are here attended with sorrowful times, so necessary is the connexion between them; it is threatened here again and again that the laughter shall be turned into mourning. I. By the vision of "basket of summer-fruit" is signified the hastening on of the ruin threatened ( ver. 1-3 ) and that shall change their note. II. Oppressors are here called to an account for their abusing the poor; and their destruction is foretold, which will set them a mourning, ver. 4-10 . III. A famine of the word of God is… Read the whole commentary →

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