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 1 Amos 7:1, 7:4, 7:7 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 16:1 - summer; 2 Kings 8:10 - the Lord; Jeremiah 24:1 - Lord Verse 2 Amos Amos 7:8; Jeremiah 1:11-14; Ezekiel 8:6, 8:12, 8:17; Zechariah 1:18-21, 5:2, 5:5, 5:6 A basket Deuteronomy 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 not Amos 7:8 Reciprocal Genesis 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 3 the songs Amos 8:10, 5:23; Hosea 10:5, 10:6; Joel 1:5, 1:11, 1:13; Zechariah 11:1-3 shall be howlingsHeb. shall howlmany Amos 4:10; Isaiah 37:36; Jeremiah 9:21, 9:22; Nahum 3:3 they shall Amos 6:9, 6:10; Jeremiah 22:18 with silenceHeb. be silent, Leviticus 10:3; Psalm 39:9 Reciprocal 137:4 - 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 4 Hear Amos 7:16; 1 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 1:10, 28:14; Jeremiah 5:21, 28:15 swallow Amos 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 5:6 Reciprocal Exodus 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 5 When Numbers 10:10, 28:11-15; 2 Kings 4:23; Psalm 81:3, 81:4; Isaiah 1:13; Colossians 2:16 new moonor, monthbe gone Malachi 1:13 and the Exodus 20:8-10; Nehemiah 13:15-21; Isaiah 58:13; Romans 8:6, 8:7 set forthHeb. openmaking Leviticus 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 12:7 Reciprocal Leviticus 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 6 Amos 8:4, 2:6; Leviticus 25:39-42; Nehemiah 5:1-5, 5:8; Joel 3:3, 3:6 Reciprocal Leviticus 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 7 sworn Amos 6:8; Deuteronomy 33:26-29; Psalm 47:4, 68:34; Luke 2:32 I will Exodus 17:16; 1 Samuel 15:2, 15:3; Psalm 10:11; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 17:1, 31:34; Hosea 7:2, 8:13, 9:9 Reciprocal Genesis 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 8 the 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 one Amos 8:10, 9:5; Jeremiah 12:4; Hosea 4:3, 10:5; Matthew 24:30 rise Amos 9:5; Isaiah 8:7, 8:8; Jeremiah 46:8; Daniel 9:26 Reciprocal Psalm 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 9 that 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 I Exodus 10:21-23; Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44 Reciprocal Genesis 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 10 I will turn Amos 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 sackcloth Isaiah 15:2, 15:3; Jeremiah 48:37; Ezekiel 7:18, 27:30, 27:31 as the Jeremiah 6:26; Zechariah 12:10; Luke 7:12, 7:13 a bitter Job 3:5 *marg.Reciprocal Exodus 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 11 but 1 Samuel 3:1, 28:6, 28:15; Psalm 74:9; Isaiah 5:6, 30:20, 30:21; Ezekiel 7:26; Micah 3:6; Matthew 9:36 Reciprocal Proverbs 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 12 shall run Proverbs 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, 3:7 Reciprocal 1 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 13 Deuteronomy 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 9:17 Reciprocal Isaiah 5:13 - multitude; Matthew 25:10 - they Verse 14 swear Hosea 4:15; Zephaniah 1:5 sin Deuteronomy 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 Beersheba Amos 8:5 shall fall Deuteronomy 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Psalm 36:12, 140:10; Proverbs 29:1; Isaiah 43:17; Jeremiah 25:27, 51:64 Reciprocal Genesis 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