Amos 8:1
New International Version
This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit.

New Living Translation
Then the Sovereign LORD showed me another vision. In it I saw a basket filled with ripe fruit.

English Standard Version
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.

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

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

New King James Version
Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.

New American Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.

NASB 1995
Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.

NASB 1977
Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Lord Yahweh showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.

Amplified Bible
Thus the Lord GOD showed me [a vision], and behold, there was a basket of [overripe] summer fruit.

Christian Standard Bible
The Lord GOD showed me this: a basket of summer fruit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Lord GOD showed me this: A basket of summer fruit.

American Standard Version
Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, a basket of summer fruit.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD God showed me a basket of ripe fruit

English Revised Version
Thus the Lord GOD shewed me: and behold, a basket of summer fruit.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is what the Almighty LORD showed me: a basket of ripe summer fruit.

Good News Translation
I had another vision from the Sovereign LORD. In it I saw a basket of fruit.

International Standard Version
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: Look! A basket of summer fruit!

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

NET Bible
The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw a basket of summer fruit.

New Heart English Bible
This is what the LORD showed me: And look, a basket of summer fruit.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

World English Bible
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Thus has Lord YHWH showed me, and behold, a basket of summer-fruit.

Young's Literal Translation
Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see: and behold, a basket of fruit.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold a hook to draw down the fruit.

Catholic Public Domain Version
These things the Lord has revealed to me. And behold, a hook to draw down fruit.

New American Bible
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: a basket of end-of-summer fruit.

New Revised Standard Version
This is what the Lord GOD showed me—a basket of summer fruit.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
THUS has the LORD God showed me: and behold, a sign of the end.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Thus The Lord of Lords has shown me, and behold, the sign of the end!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and behold a basket of summer fruit.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And behold a fowler's basket.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Basket of Ripe Fruit
1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit. 2“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.”…

Cross References
Jeremiah 24:1-10
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. / One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten. / “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.” ...

Ezekiel 7:2-6
“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. / The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ ...

Isaiah 5:1-7
I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...

Hosea 9:1-3
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. / The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them. / They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Micah 7:1-4
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. / The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. ...

Zechariah 5:1-4
Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll. / “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.” / Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. ...

Joel 3:13
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.

Lamentations 2:14
The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

2 Kings 17:13-18
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. ...

Matthew 24:32-35
Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. / So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door. / Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. ...

Mark 13:28-31
Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. / So also, when you see these things happening, know that He is near, right at the door. / Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. ...

Luke 21:29-33
Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. / When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. / So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. ...

Revelation 14:14-20
And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. / Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.” / So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. ...

Matthew 21:18-19
In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry. / Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

John 15:1-6
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ...


Treasury of Scripture

Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

Amos 7:1,4,7
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings…

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Amos 8
1. By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.
4. Oppression is reproved.
11. A famine of the word of God threatened.














This is what the Lord GOD showed me
The phrase begins with a declaration of divine revelation. The Hebrew word for "showed" is "הִרְאַנִי" (hirani), which implies a vision or a supernatural insight given by God. This emphasizes the prophetic nature of Amos's message, underscoring that it is not of human origin but a direct communication from the sovereign Lord. In the context of Amos, a shepherd and fig farmer, this divine revelation signifies the importance and gravity of the message, as God chooses ordinary individuals to convey His extraordinary truths.

Behold
The word "behold" is translated from the Hebrew "הִנֵּה" (hinneh), which serves as an imperative to pay attention or to look closely. It is a call to the audience to focus on what is being revealed. In the prophetic literature, "behold" often introduces a significant vision or message that requires careful consideration. It is a divine interruption, urging the listener to pause and reflect on the forthcoming revelation.

a basket of summer fruit
The Hebrew term for "summer fruit" is "קַיִץ" (qayitz), which refers to ripe fruit harvested at the end of the growing season. This imagery is rich with meaning. In the ancient Near Eastern context, summer fruit symbolizes the end of a cycle, suggesting that Israel is ripe for judgment. The basket of fruit is a metaphor for the nation of Israel, indicating that they have reached the fullness of their iniquity and that divine judgment is imminent. The play on words between "qayitz" (summer fruit) and "קֵץ" (qetz), meaning "end," further underscores the prophetic message that the end is near for Israel due to their persistent disobedience and social injustices. This imagery serves as a poignant reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's covenant and the urgency of repentance.

(1, 2) The visions are resumed as though the priest at Bethel had trembled at the presence of Amos, and had ceased to persecute him. There is a remarkable play of words, qaits being the Hebrew for "summer fruit," and qets for "end." It is harvest time, the end of the agricultural year. Israel is ripe for his final doom, that shall sweep down like a scythe. For "pass by" see on Amos 7:8.

Verses 1-14. - § 5. In the fourth vision, the basket of summer fruit, the Lord shows that the people is ripe for judgment. Explaining this revelation, Amos denounces the oppression and greed of the chieftains (vers. 4-10), and warns them that those who despise the Word of God shall some day suffer from a famine of the Word (vers. 11-14). Verse 1. - A basket of summer fruit; Septuagint, ἄγγος ἰξευτοῦ, "a fowler's vessel;" Vulgate, uncinus pomorum, which Jerome explains," Sicut uncino rami arborum detrahuntur ad poma carpenda, ita ego proximum captivitatis tempus attraxi." The word chelub is taken to mean "a basket of wickerwork;" it is used for "a cage" in Jeremiah 5:27, but is found nowhere else. The gathering of fruit was the last harvest of the year, and thus fitly typified the final punishment of Israel. This is set forth by the play on the word in the next verse.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
This is what
כֹּ֥ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

showed me:
הִרְאַ֖נִי (hir·’a·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

I saw
וְהִנֵּ֖ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

a basket
כְּל֥וּב (kə·lūḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3619: A bird-trap, a basket

of summer fruit.
קָֽיִץ׃ (qā·yiṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7019: To awake


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