Amos 8:1-9:10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 8:1-3

The great reason why sinners defer their repentance de die in diem?from day to day, is because they think God thus defers his judgments, and there is no song wherewith they so effectually sing themselves asleep as that, My Lord delays his coming; and therefore God, by his prophets, frequently represents to Israel the day of his wrath not only as just and certain, but as very near and hastening on apace; so he does in these verses. I. The approach of the threatened ruin is represented by a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 8:1

Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me ,.... Another vision, which is the fourth, and after the following manner: and, behold, a basket of summer fruit ; not of the first ripe fruit, but of such as were gathered at the close of the summer, when autumn began. So the Targum, "the last of the summer fruit;' such as were fully ripe, and would not keep till winter; or, if kept, would rot; but must be eaten directly, as some sort of apples, grapes, &c.; denoting the people of Israel... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 8:1

A basket of summer fruit - As summer fruit was not proper for preserving, but must be eaten as soon as gathered, so the Lord intimates by this symbol that the kingdom of Israel was now ripe for destruction, and that punishment must descend upon it without delay. Some think the prophet means the fruits at the end of autumn. And as after the autumn no fruit could be expected, so Israel's summer is gone by, her autumn is ended, and she shall yield no more fruit. Or, the autumn of her iniquity... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 8:1

Verse 1 By these words or by this vision the Prophet confirms what we have already observed — that paternal chastisements would no longer be exercised towards the people of Israel. God indeed, as it is well known, had so treated that people, that he ever spared them even in their greatest calamities. It was with a suspended hand that God ever struck that people, until after many trials they at length seemed so refractory, as not to be benefited by such remedies. This subject then Amos now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1

A basket of summer fruit; Septuagint, ἄγγος ἰξευτοῦ , "a fowler's vessel;" Vulgate, uncinus pomorum, which Jerome explains," Sicut uncino rami arborum detrahuntur ad poma carpenda, ita ego proximum captivitatis tempus attraxi." The word chelub is taken to mean "a basket of wickerwork;" it is used for "a cage" in Jeremiah 5:27 , but is found nowhere else. The gathering of fruit was the last harvest of the year, and thus fitly typified the final punishment of Israel. This is set... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1

Ripeness in iniquity. The figure here employed by Amos comes very naturally from him who had been a gatherer of the fruit of the sycomore tree. But at the same time, it is somewhat of a shock to the reader of this prophecy to find such a similitude employed for such a purpose. Our associations with "a basket of summer fruit" are all agreeable; but here the ripeness is in iniquity, and is unto condemnation and destruction. I. A PAST PROCESS OF MATURITY IN SIN IS IMPLIED ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1-3

A nation ripe for ruin. While immunity lasts iniquity will go on. Men only love it less than they fear suffering. In the actual presence of the penalty the hand of the transgressor is stayed. The murderer will not strike the death blow under a policeman's eye. The blasphemer will not move a lip when the thunderbolt is crashing through his roof. But by so little does the one feeling master the other that if punishment be not both certain and at hand, the fear of it will fail to deter from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1-3

Ripeness for judgment. "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 summer fruit," etc. The text suggests three general truths. I. WICKED NATIONS GROW RIPE FOR JUDGMENT . The "basket of summer fruit," now presented in vision to Amos, was intended to symbolize that his country was ripe for ruin. This symbol suggests: 1 . That Israel ' s preset moral corruption was no hasty... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1-14

§ 5. In the fourth vision, the basket of summer fruit, the Lord shows that the people is ripe for judgment. Explaining this revelation, Amos denounces the oppression and greed of the chieftains (verses 4-10), and warns them that those who despise the Word of God shall some day suffer from a famine of the Word (verses 11-14). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:1-2

Thus hath the Lord God showed me - The sentence of Amaziah pronounced, Amos resumes just where he left off, before Amaziah broke in upon him. His vehement interruption is like a stone cast into the deep waters. They close over it, and it leaves no trace. Amos had authenticated the third vision; “Thus hath the Lord God shewed me.” He resumes in the self-same calm words. The last vision declared that the end was certain; this, that it was at hand.A basket of summer fruit - The fruit was the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 8:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 8:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 8:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 8:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:1-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:1-2

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