Amo 8:1 | KD | STEP | Under the symbol of a basket filled with ripe fruit, the Lord shows the prophet that Israel is ripe for judgment ( ); whereupon Amos, explaining the meaning of this vision, announces to the unrighteous magnates of the nation the changing of their joyful feasts into days of mourning, as the punishment from God for their unrighteousness ( ), and sets before them a time when those who now despise the word of God will sigh in vain in their extremity for a word of the Lord ( ).

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The Ripeness of Israel for Judgment - Amo 8:1-14

Under the symbol of a basket filled with ripe fruit, the Lord shows the prophet that Israel is ripe for judgment (Amo 8:1-3); whereupon Amos, explaining the meaning of this vision, announces to the unrighteous magnates of the nation the changing of their joyful feasts into days of mourning, as the punishment from God for their unrighteousness (Amo 8:4-10), and sets before them a time when those who now despise the word of God will sigh in vain in their extremity for a word of the Lord (Amo 8:11-14).