1 Against the rulers of Israel. 7 The Lord sweareth. 11 The famine of the word of God.

Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me, and behold, a basket of summer fruit.

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 pass by them no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:2 Which signified the ripeness of their sins, and the readiness of God’s judgments.

A Basket of Ripe Fruit

This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:(A) a basket of ripe fruit. “What do you see,(B) Amos?(C)” he asked.

“A basket(D) of ripe fruit,” I answered.

Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(E)

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