Amos 8:1 meaning and explanation
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.
Amos 8:1, Berean Standard Bible
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The Lord GOD shows Amos a basket of summer fruit, likely the last produce gathered before the season ends. The Hebrew word for summer fruit, qayits, sounds like qets, meaning end, and the wordplay carries the message: the harvest is complete, so Israel's time is up.
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