Amos 8:2

2 Il dit: Que vois-tu, Amos? Je répondis: Une corbeille de fruits. Et l'Eternel me dit: La fin est venue pour mon peuple d'Israël; Je ne lui pardonnerai plus.

Amos 8:2 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 8:2

And he said, Amos, what seest thou?
&c.] To quicken his attention, who might disregard it as a common thing; and in order to lead him into the design of it, and show him what it was an emblem of: and I said, a basket of summer fruit;
some render it "a hook" ^F23, such as they pull down branches with to gather the fruit; and the word so signifies in the Arabic language ^F24; but the other is the more received sense of the word: then said the Lord unto me;
by way of explanation of the vision: the end is come upon my people Israel: the end of the kingdom of Israel; of their commonwealth and church state; of all their outward happiness and glory; their "summer [was] ended", and they "not saved", ( Jeremiah 8:20 ) ; all their prosperity was over; and, as the Targum, their

``final punishment was come,''

the last destruction threatened them ^F25: I will not again pass by them any more;
pass by their offences, and forgive their sins; or pass by their persons, without taking notice of them, so as to afflict and punish them for their iniquities: or, "pass through them and more" ^F26 now making an utter end of them; (See Gill on Amos 7:8).

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (bwlk) "unicuus", V. L.
F24 <arabic> "ferramentum incurvum, seu uncus ex quo de sella commeatum suspendit viator", Giggeius apud Golium, col. 2055.
F25 There is an elegant play on words in the words (Uyq) , "summer", and (Uq) , "the end".
F26 So Mercerus, Grotius.

Amos 8:2 In-Context

1 Le Seigneur, l'Eternel, m'envoya cette vision. Voici, c'était une corbeille de fruits.

2 Il dit: Que vois-tu, Amos? Je répondis: Une corbeille de fruits. Et l'Eternel me dit: La fin est venue pour mon peuple d'Israël; Je ne lui pardonnerai plus.

3 En ce jour-là, les chants du palais seront des gémissements, Dit le Seigneur, l'Eternel; On jettera partout en silence une multitude de cadavres.

4 Ecoutez ceci, vous qui dévorez l'indigent, Et qui ruinez les malheureux du pays!

5 Vous dites: Quand la nouvelle lune sera-t-elle passée, Afin que nous vendions du blé? Quand finira le sabbat, afin que nous ouvrions les greniers? Nous diminuerons l'épha, nous augmenterons le prix, Nous falsifierons les balances pour tromper;