Amos 8:1
כֹּה הִרְאַנִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְהִנֵּה כְּלוּב קָֽיִץ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:1הִרְאַנִי יְהוָה וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵי דּוּדָאֵי תְאֵנִים מוּעָדִים לִפְנֵי הֵיכַל יְהוָה אַחֲרֵי הַגְלוֹת נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶֽלֶךְ ־ בָּבֶל אֶת ־ יְכָנְיָהוּ בֶן ־ יְהוֹיָקִים מֶֽלֶךְ ־ יְהוּדָה וְאֶת ־ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה וְאֶת ־ הֶחָרָשׁ וְאֶת ־ הַמַּסְגֵּר מִירוּשָׁלִַם וַיְבִאֵם בָּבֶֽל ׃
Amos 7:4כֹּה הִרְאַנִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְהִנֵּה קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וַתֹּאכַל אֶת ־ תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וְאָכְלָה אֶת ־ הַחֵֽלֶק ׃
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 →