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Amos 8:2

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2And he said, b“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, c“A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,

d“The end1 has come upon my people Israel;

I will never again pass by them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1The Hebrew words for end and summer fruit sound alike

Cross references

  1. bch. 7:8
  2. c[Jer. 24:1; Mic. 7:1]
  3. dLam. 4:18

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“What do you see, Amos?” he asked.

“A basket of ripe fruit,” I answered.

Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”

I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”

The Lord said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel; I will no longer spare them.

NLTNew Living Translation

“What do you see, Amos?” he asked.

I replied, “A basket full of ripe fruit.”

Then the Lord said, “Like this fruit, Israel is ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” And Yahweh said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel. I will not pass by them again!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me,

The end is come upon my people of Israel;

I will not again pass by them any more.