John Gill's Exposition on Amos 8:2

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he said, Amos, what seest thou? etc.] 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”f213, such as they pull down branches with to gather the fruit; and the word so signifies in the Arabic languagef214; 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”, (<240820>Jeremiah 8:20); all their prosperity was over; and, as the Targum, their “final punishment was come,” the last destruction threatened themf215: 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”f216 now making an utter end of them; (see Gill on “<300708>Amos 7:8”).

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