Amos 8:2

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

“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”

3 “In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”

4 Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
KJV
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.
WEB
He said, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me, “The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
ASV
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said Jehovah unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
DARBY
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer-fruit. And Jehovah said unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
BLB
And He said, “What [are] you seeing, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” And YHWH said to me: “The end has come for My people Israel! I will not continue anymore to pass over him.”
ÅB
Og han sa: Hva ser du, Amos? Jeg svarte: En kurv med moden frukt. Da sa Herren til meg: Enden er kommet for mitt folk Israel; jeg vil ikke lenger bære over med dets synd.
OTB
Og Han spurte: «Hva ser du, Amos?» Jeg svarte: «En kurv med sommerfrukt.» Da sa Herren: «Enden er kommet for mitt folk Israel; Jeg vil ikke spare dem lenger.
B1930
Og han sa: Hvad ser du, Amos? Jeg svarte: En kurv med moden frukt. Da sa Herren til mig: Enden er kommet for mitt folk Israel; jeg vil ikke lenger bære over med dets synd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 7:8

    “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

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  • Lamentations 4:18

    They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

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  • Micah 7:1

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 1:11–14

    And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

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  • Jeremiah 24:1–3

    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.

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  • Ezekiel 7:6

    The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come!

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  • Ezekiel 8:6

    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

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  • Ezekiel 3:10

    “Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.

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