Amos 8:1 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 8:1

Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit.

DBT

Thus did Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, a basket of summer-fruit.

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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Amos 7:1
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.
Amos 7:4
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Amos 7:7
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
2 Samuel 16:1
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

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Jeremiah 24:1

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) and that shall change their note. Oppressors are here called to an account for their abusing the poor; and their destruction is foretold, which will set them a mourning,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

summer fruit--Hebrew, kitz. In Am 8:2 "end" is in Hebrew, keetz. The similarity of sounds implies that, as the summer is the end of the year and the time of the ripeness of fruits, so Israel is ripe for her last punishment, ending her national existence.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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