Amos 8
Overview
8:1 By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end;
8:4 Oppression is reproved;
8:11 A famine of the word of God threatened. Verse 1Amos 7:1, 7:4, 7:7Reciprocal2 Samuel 16:1 - summer; 2 Kings 8:10 - the Lord; Jeremiah 24:1 - Lord Verse 2AmosAmos 7:8; Jeremiah 1:11-14; Ezekiel 8:6, 8:12, 8:17; Zechariah 1:18-21, 5:2, 5:5, 5:6 A basketDeuteronomy 26:1-4; 2 Samuel 16:1, 16:2; Isaiah 28:4; Jeremiah 24:1-3, 40:10; Micah 7:1 the endThere is here not only an allusion to the nature of the summer fruit, which must be eaten as soon as gathered, but also a paronomasia upon the words kayitz "summer fruit," and ketz "an end." Jeremiah 1:12, 5:31; Lamentations 4:18; Ezekiel 7:2, 3:7, 3:10, 12:23, 29:8 I will notAmos 7:8ReciprocalGenesis 6:13 - The end; Jeremiah 24:3 - What; 51:13 - thine; Hosea 9:7 - days of visitation; 9:17 - and; Joel 2:1 - for the; Micah 7:4 - the day; 7:18 - passeth; Zephaniah 1:14 - it is; Acts 11:5 - and it; Revelation 14:1 - I looked Verse 3the songsAmos 8:10, 5:23; Hosea 10:5, 10:6; Joel 1:5, 1:11, 1:13; Zechariah 11:1-3 shall be howlingsHeb. shall howlmanyAmos 4:10; Isaiah 37:36; Jeremiah 9:21, 9:22; Nahum 3:3 they shallAmos 6:9, 6:10; Jeremiah 22:18 with silenceHeb. be silent, Leviticus 10:3; Psalm 39:9Reciprocal137:4 - How shall; Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to keep; Isaiah 24:9 - General; Lamentations 2:10 - and keep; Ezekiel 24:17 - Forbear to cry; Hosea 2:11 - her feast; 7:14 - when; 8:1 - the house; Amos 6:5 - like; Zephaniah 1:10 - the noise Verse 4HearAmos 7:16; 1 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 1:10, 28:14; Jeremiah 5:21, 28:15 swallowAmos 2:6, 5:11; Psalm 12:5, 14:4, 56:1, 140:12; Proverbs 30:14; Isaiah 32:6, 32:7; Matthew 23:14; James 5:6ReciprocalExodus 20:15 - General; Leviticus 25:14 - General; Deuteronomy 15:2 - exact it; 24:14 - General; Job 20:18 - swallow; 24:4 - turn; Proverbs 4:17 - General; 11:26 - that withholdeth; 20:10 - both; 22:7 - rich; Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth; Isaiah 3:15 - ye beat; Jeremiah 5:27 - so are; 17:11 - he that; 51:34 - swallowed; Ezekiel 16:49 - neither; 18:7 - hath not; 22:8 - General; 22:13 - thy dishonest; 45:10 - General; Amos 4:1 - which oppress; 8:6 - General; Micah 2:2 - they covet; 3:2 - pluck; Luke 20:47 - devour; Romans 2:21 - dost thou steal; Ephesians 6:9 - ye; 1 Timothy 6:9 - they; James 2:6 - Do Verse 5WhenNumbers 10:10, 28:11-15; 2 Kings 4:23; Psalm 81:3, 81:4; Isaiah 1:13; Colossians 2:16 new moonor, monthbe goneMalachi 1:13 and theExodus 20:8-10; Nehemiah 13:15-21; Isaiah 58:13; Romans 8:6, 8:7 set forthHeb. openmakingLeviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1, 16:11, 20:23; Ezekiel 45:10-12; Micah 6:10, 6:11 falsifying the balances by deceitHeb. perverting the balances of deceit, Hosea 12:7ReciprocalLeviticus 6:2 - deceived; 19:35 - in meteyard; Deuteronomy 25:16 - all that do; 1 Samuel 13:12 - I forced; 21:7 - detained; Hosea 2:11 - her feast; Amos 8:14 - Beersheba; Zechariah 5:6 - This is an ephah; Matthew 26:8 - To; John 12:5 - was; 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - go Verse 6Amos 8:4, 2:6; Leviticus 25:39-42; Nehemiah 5:1-5, 5:8; Joel 3:3, 3:6ReciprocalLeviticus 19:35 - in meteyard; Proverbs 11:1 - A false balance is; 22:7 - rich; Isaiah 32:6 - empty; Jeremiah 34:14 - At the; Hosea 12:7 - the balances; Amos 3:9 - oppressed; Micah 6:10 - and; 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - go; Revelation 18:13 - slaves Verse 7swornAmos 6:8; Deuteronomy 33:26-29; Psalm 47:4, 68:34; Luke 2:32 I willExodus 17:16; 1 Samuel 15:2, 15:3; Psalm 10:11; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 17:1, 31:34; Hosea 7:2, 8:13, 9:9ReciprocalGenesis 8:1 - God remembered; Job 24:23 - yet his eyes; 34:25 - he knoweth; Psalm 50:21 - set; 89:35 - Once; 109:15 - before; Isaiah 14:24 - Lord; Jeremiah 2:22 - yet thine iniquity; 22:5 - I; 44:21 - did; 44:26 - I have sworn; Ezekiel 5:11 - as I live; 44:12 - therefore Verse 8the landIt is supposed that an earthquake is here intended; the rising and falling of the ground, with a wave-like motion, and its leaving its proper place and bounds, in consequence of an earthquake, being justly and beautifully compared to the swelling, overflowing, and subsiding of the Nile. Psalm 18:7, 60:2, 60:3, 114:3-7; Isaiah 5:25, 24:19, 24:20; Jeremiah 4:24-26; Micah 1:3-5; Nahum 1:5, 1:6; Habakkuk 3:5-8; Haggai 2:6, 2:7 every oneAmos 8:10, 9:5; Jeremiah 12:4; Hosea 4:3, 10:5; Matthew 24:30 riseAmos 9:5; Isaiah 8:7, 8:8; Jeremiah 46:8; Daniel 9:26ReciprocalPsalm 104:32 - looketh; Jeremiah 22:5 - I; 25:38 - hath; 46:7 - as a flood; 51:29 - the land; Daniel 11:22 - with; Nahum 1:8 - with; Zechariah 11:3 - a voice Verse 9that IThis is supposed to refer to an eclipse; and Abp. Usher has shown that about eleven years after Amos prophesied there were two great eclipses of the sun, one at the feast of tabernacles, and the other some time before the passover. Amos 4:13, 5:8; Job 5:14; Isaiah 13:10, 29:9, 29:10, 59:9, 59:10; Jeremiah 15:9; Micah 3:6; Matthew 24:29; Revelation 6:12, 8:12 and IExodus 10:21-23; Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44ReciprocalGenesis 1:14 - and let; Joshua 10:12 - Sun; Job 9:7 - commandeth; Isaiah 5:30 - if one look; 60:20 - sun; Jeremiah 4:23 - the heavens; 13:16 - before; Ezekiel 32:7 - I will cover the heaven; Hosea 2:11 - her feast; Zechariah 11:17 - the sword; Luke 15:14 - arose; 21:25 - signs; Acts 2:20 - sun Verse 10I will turnAmos 8:3, 5:23, 6:4-7; Deuteronomy 16:14; 1 Samuel 25:36-38; 2 Samuel 13:28-31; Job 20:23; Isaiah 21:3, 21:4, 22:12-14; Daniel 5:4-6; Hosea 2:11; Nahum 1:10 sackclothIsaiah 15:2, 15:3; Jeremiah 48:37; Ezekiel 7:18, 27:30, 27:31 as theJeremiah 6:26; Zechariah 12:10; Luke 7:12, 7:13 a bitterJob 3:5 *marg.ReciprocalExodus 32:6 - sat down; Leviticus 21:5 - not make baldness; Psalm 137:2 - we hanged; Ecclesiastes 7:6 - as; Isaiah 3:24 - a girding; 13:10 - General; 24:9 - General; Jeremiah 2:19 - bitter; 4:8 - gird; 13:16 - before; 15:9 - her sun; 30:5 - a voice; Lamentations 5:15 - our dance; Ezekiel 7:2 - An end; Hosea 9:1 - Rejoice; Amos 5:16 - Wailing; 8:8 - every one; Micah 1:16 - bald; 3:6 - the sun; Zechariah 11:17 - the sword; Mark 15:33 - darkness; Luke 6:25 - mourn; 21:25 - signs Verse 11but1 Samuel 3:1, 28:6, 28:15; Psalm 74:9; Isaiah 5:6, 30:20, 30:21; Ezekiel 7:26; Micah 3:6; Matthew 9:36ReciprocalProverbs 29:18 - there; Isaiah 41:17 - seek; Lamentations 2:9 - her prophets; Ezekiel 3:26 - and shalt; Hosea 2:3 - and slay; 9:4 - their bread; Micah 2:6 - they shall not prophesy; 3:7 - no; Zechariah 9:17 - corn; Matthew 5:6 - are; 12:43 - dry; John 7:37 - If; Acts 16:6 - forbidden Verse 12shall runProverbs 14:6; Daniel 12:4; Matthew 11:25-27, 12:30, 24:23-26; Romans 9:31-33; 11:7-10; 2 Timothy 3:6, 3:7Reciprocal1 Samuel 3:1 - the word; 2 Samuel 15:20 - go up and down; Proverbs 29:18 - there; Isaiah 30:20 - yet shall; Jeremiah 5:1 - Run ye; Lamentations 2:9 - her prophets; Ezekiel 3:26 - and shalt; 7:26 - but; Hosea 9:4 - their bread; Matthew 25:10 - they; Acts 16:6 - forbidden Verse 13Deuteronomy 32:25; Psalm 63:1, 144:12-15; Isaiah 40:30, 41:17-20; Jeremiah 48:18; Lamentations 1:18, 2:10, 2:21; Hosea 2:3; Zechariah 9:17ReciprocalIsaiah 5:13 - multitude; Matthew 25:10 - they Verse 14swearHosea 4:15; Zephaniah 1:5 sinDeuteronomy 9:21; 1 Kings 12:28, 12:29, 12:32, 13:22-34, 14:16, 16:24; 2 Kings 10:29; Hosea 8:5, 8:6, 10:5, 13:2, 13:16 mannerHeb. way, Acts 9:2, 18:25, 19:9, 19:23, 24:14 BeershebaAmos 8:5 shall fallDeuteronomy 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Psalm 36:12, 140:10; Proverbs 29:1; Isaiah 43:17; Jeremiah 25:27, 51:64ReciprocalGenesis 21:33 - grove; Numbers 29:19 - General; 1 Samuel 20:21 - as the; 2 Kings 17:26 - know not; Proverbs 24:16 - but; Isaiah 17:3 - fortress; 24:20 - and it; Jeremiah 5:7 - sworn by; Hosea 7:1 - wickedness; 10:8 - the sin; Amos 5:5 - Beersheba; 6:1 - and trust; 7:9 - the high; Micah 1:5 - is it