Amos 8:2 KJV

Geneva Study Bible - Amos 8:2

8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of {a} 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.(a) Which signified the ripeness of their sins, and the readiness of God’s judgments. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Amos 8:1-14

AMOS GENERAL OVE RV IEW OF THE BOOK The opening verse shows that Amos, like Hosea, was a prophet sent to Israel, though his home, Tekoa, was in Judah. He was contemporary with Hosea for a while, though the latter prophesied longer than he. After the introduction (Amos 1:1-3 ) there follows a series of messages concerning Gentile nations (Amos 1:4 to Amos 2:3 ), each beginning with the words “For three transgressions.., and for four, I will not turn away the punishment,” an orientalism,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Amos 8:1-14

"a Basket of Summer Fruit." Amos 8:0 "Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit" ( Amo 8:2 ). Amos continued his visions notwithstanding the rude and mendacious interruption of the false priest Amaziah who sent a lie to Jeroboam. Amos confronted the false priest, as we have just seen, boldly and destructively. You cannot reply to a thunderstorm. Anything that a man may say after a whirlwind is very feeble. We have heard the great speech of Amos, as it rolled round and round... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 8:1-2

By the similitude of summer-fruit, which of course as soon as it ripens hastens to decay, is shewn, in a lively representation, the transitory state of all men; not only Israel, but all flesh: for all is as grass, and as the flower of the field. But in this place there is a peculiar reference to Israel's hastening to captivity. In a spiritual sense the image is still more striking. How truly short are all the summers of our spiritual enjoyments! read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Amos 8:1-3

1-3 Amos saw a basket of summer fruit gathered, and ready to be eaten; which signified, that the people were ripe for destruction, that the year of God's patience was drawing towards a conclusion. Such summer fruits will not keep till winter, but must be used at once. Yet these judgments shall not draw from them any acknowledgement, either of God's righteousness or their own unrighteousness. Sinners put off repentance from day to day, because they think the Lord thus delays his judgments. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Amos 8:1-3

The Vision of the Basket of Summer-Fruit. v. 1. Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me, in another vision revealing the fate of Israel, and behold a basket of summer-fruit, dead ripe, ready to be consumed. v. 2. And he said, again anxious to impress the meaning of the vision upon the prophet, 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, for they were ripe for the punishment which would end their national... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Amos 8:1-14

Amos 8:0Fourth Vision: Israel ripe for Destruction. Days of Mourning threatened against the Ungodly. Afterwards a Famine of the Word.1 Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me,And behold, a basket with ripe fruit.12 And he said, What seest thou, Amos?And I said, A basket with ripe fruit.Then said Jehovah to me,“The end2 is come to my people, Israel;I will not pass by them any more.3 And the songs of the palace3 shall howlIn that day, saith the Lord Jehovah;Corpses in multitude; everywhere has he4 cast... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Amos 8:1-14

Amos RIPE FOR GATHERING Amo_8:1 - Amo_8:14 . There are three visions in the former chapter, each beginning as Amo_8:1 . This one is therefore intended to be taken as the continuation of these, and it is in substance a repetition of the third, only with more detail and emphasis. An insolent attempt, by the priest of Beth-el, to silence the Prophet, and the fiery answer which he got for his pains, come between. The stream of Amos’s prophecy flows on, uninterrupted by the boulder which had... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Amos 8:1-14

the Worst Famine of All Amos 8:1-14 What is more fragile than summer fruit! So beautiful, so refreshing, yet so readily corrupted and diseased. To Amos it was an emblem of the rapidity with which dissolution would overtake his rebellious nation. The end had arrived. The Great Husbandman could do no more. When the harvest has come, separation between good and bad is inevitable. See Isaiah 5:4 ; Matthew 13:30 . The crimes of the ruling class were enormous. Eager to increase their stores, they... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:1-14

The next vision, that of the basket of summer fruit, indicated the im minence of the judgment. Jehovah declared that the end was come, that He would not pass by them any more. This announcement was followed by the prophet's impassioned address to the moneymakers, in which he first declared the effect of their lust for gain. They swallowed the needy, and caused the poor to fail. He described the intensity of that lust; the new moon and sabbath were irksome. Then followed a figurative... read more