Amos 8:2
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of ripe fruits. Then said Jehovah to me, The destruction of my people Israel is ripe; I will not spare them any more.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1The Lord Jehovah showed me this vision: Behold a basket of ripe fruits!
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:11Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, I see a rod of almond-wood.
Jeremiah 1:13And the word of Jehovah came to me a second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling pot, whose face is turned from the north.
Jeremiah 24:1Jehovah showed me this vision. Behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of Jehovah. This was after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away captive Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the artificers, and the smiths, from Jerusalem, and had led them to Babylon.
Lamentations 4:18They laid snares for our steps, so that we could not go in our streets; Our end is near; our days are accomplished, yea, our end is come!
Matthew Henry on Amos 8:2-4
The Vision of Summer Fruit. ( b. c. 785.) 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. The great reason why sinners defer their… Read the whole commentary →