Bible Strands
Amos 8:1
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD shows Amos a vision of a basket of summer fruit during a sequence of prophetic revelations against Israel. Amos functions as the direct recipient and narrator of this divine communication.
The words — The vision hinges on כְּל֥וּב (ke.Luv), literally "a basket," paired with קָֽיִץ (Ka.yitz), meaning "summer fruit." The opening כֹּ֥ה (koh) frames the entire revelation as "thus" or "this is what."
The thread — This exact visionary formula appears in Amos 7:1, Amos 7:4, and Amos 7:7, where the Lord GOD similarly shows Amos specific signs of coming judgment. Each instance follows the same structural pattern before delivering its respective warning.
Why it lands — The text states a visual sign of a ripened harvest before declaring that the end has come for Israel. A reader must recognize that the image signals imminent, unspared judgment rather than agricultural prosperity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Cross-references
- Amos 7:1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
- Amos 7:4 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
- Amos 7:7 This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.