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The Vision of a Fruit Basket

This is what the Lord God showed me: Look! A basket of summer fruit! And he was asking, “What do you see, Amos?”

I answered, “A basket of summer fruit.”

Then the Lord told me,

“The end[a] approaches for my people Israel.
    I will no longer spare them.[b]
At that time,”
    declares the Lord God,
“the temple songs will be wailing.
    Many bodies will accumulate everywhere.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:2 The Heb. end sounds like Heb. word summer fruit
  2. Amos 8:2 Lit. him

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)

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[a](F) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail