Amos 8:2

He said, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me, “The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

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WEBBE

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.

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.

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.

BBE

And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me, The end has come to my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 מָה־ mah- what H4100 אַתָּה 'a·tah [are] you H859 רֹאֶה ro·'eh seeing H7200 עָמוֹס a·mos O Amos H5986 וָאֹמַר va·'o·mar and I said H559 כְּלוּב ke·luv a basket of H3619 קָיִץ ka·yitz summer fruit H7019 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֵלַי 'e·lai to me H413 בָּא ba' it has come H935 הַקֵּץ ha·ketz the end H7093 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 עַמִּי 'a·mi people my H5971 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 אוֹסִיף 'o·sif I will repeat H3254 עוֹד od again H5750 עֲבוֹר a·vor to pass by H5674 לוֹ lo (to) it H9033

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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.

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