The Meaning of Amos 8:1 Explained

Amos 8:1

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Amos 8:1 Mean?

Context Summary

Amos 8:1-14 - The Worst Famine Of All
What is more fragile than summer fruit! So beautiful, so refreshing, yet so readily corrupted and diseased. To Amos it was an emblem of the rapidity with which dissolution would overtake his rebellious nation. The end had arrived. The Great Husbandman could do no more. When the harvest has come, separation between good and bad is inevitable. See Isaiah 5:4; Matthew 13:30.
The crimes of the ruling class were enormous. Eager to increase their stores, they wearied of time given to religion. They grudged passing a day without opening their salesrooms. They did not scruple to make their measures (ephah) small, and to demand a greater weight of money (shekel) from their clients. These were crimes that could not be passed over. It is an awful sentence when God says, "I will never forget," Amos 8:7. Invasion would sweep the land like an inundation. Since the people would not heed the God-sent messengers, they would be withdrawn. There would be a famine of the Word of God, and those who had most despised it, because enamored with the fascinations of youth, would be smitten with an insatiable appetite for it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Amos 8

1  By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end
4  Oppression is reproved
11  A famine of the word of God threatened

What do the individual words in Amos 8:1 mean?

Thus showed me the Lord GOD and behold a basket of summer fruit
כֹּ֥ה הִרְאַ֖נִי אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה כְּל֥וּב קָֽיִץ

כֹּ֥ה  Thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
הִרְאַ֖נִי  showed  me 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
אֲדֹנָ֣י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
יְהוִ֑ה  GOD 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
וְהִנֵּ֖ה  and  behold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
כְּל֥וּב  a  basket 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כְּלוּב  
Sense: cage, basket, dog cage.
קָֽיִץ  of  summer  fruit 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קַיִץ  
Sense: summer, summer-fruit.

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