Amos 8:1

Amo 8:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

Ver. 1. Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me ] viz. in this fourth vision, whereby (for better assurance, and to shake them out of their desperate security) Israel’s utter ruin is again foretold by a lively type, which is here, 1. propounded; 2. expounded, Amos 8:3 ; Amos 8:5 , that he may run that readeth it, and none may fall, but with open eyes, Habakkuk 2:2 .

And behold a basket ] Made up haply in the form of a dog, as the word Calub seemeth to import.

Of summer fruit ] Heb. of summer; that is, of that which the summer affordeth; toward the end of it especially, when fruits ripen, and even fall into the hand of the gatherer. The summer itself hath its denomination from a root that signifieth to awaken; because then the fruits and flowers, that seemed to be asleep all winter long, do awake, as it were, and show themselves.