Amos 8

The original text was written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 14 verses. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century{{efn|Since 1947 only parts containing verses 1–11 are extant{{citation | author=P. W. Skehan | contribution=BIBLE (TEXTS) | title=New Catholic Encyclopedia | edition=2nd | volume=2 | publisher=Gale | year=2003 | pages=355–362}}}}), Codex Leningradensis (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}}

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls including 4Q82 (4QXII^g; 25 BCE) with extant verses 1–5, 11–14;{{sfn|Ulrich|2010|pp=608–609}}

[http://thewaytoyahuweh.com/dead-sea-scrolls/general-info/#amos Dead sea scrolls – Amos]{{sfn|Fitzmyer|2008|p=39}} DSS F.Amos1 (DSS F.181; 1–30 CE) with extant verse 1;Tov, Emanuel (2014) [https://brill.com/view/journals/dsd/21/1/article-p3_2.xml New Fragments of Amos]. Dead Sea Discoveries 21:3–13. and Wadi Murabba'at (MurXII; 75–100 CE) with extant verses 3–7, 11–14.

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^Q; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}{{efn|Amos is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.{{Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Codex Sinaiticus}}}}

:¹ Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit. ² And He said, “Amos, what do you see?”

::So I said, "A basket of summer fruit."

:Then the Lord said to me:

::"The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.{{bibleverse|Amos|8:1|NKJV}}: New King James Version

Biblical commentator Samuel Driver explains:{{quote|Partly the thought of Israel's ripeness for judgement, but chiefly the Hebrew word ḳêtz, "end", brings up before the prophet's mental eye in his vision, ... the basket of ḳaitz, "summer fruit". Similarly, in Jeremiah's inaugural vision (Jeremiah 1:11-12), the thought of Jehovah’s watching (shôḳçd) over His word to perform it, produces by association of sounds the image of the almond-tree (shâḳçd), the symbolism of which is afterwards explained, as that of the "summer fruit" is explained here.Driver, S. R., (1898), [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/amos/8.htm Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges] on Amos 8, accessed 28 December 2023}}

The two words, ḳêtz and ḳaitz, are similar in sound, but they are not connected etymologically.

The resolution, I will not pass by them anymore, or Driver's preferred wording I will not again pardon it any more, reflects similar wording in Amos 7:8.

: Shall not the land tremble for this,

:: and every one mourn that dwelleth therein?

: and it shall rise up wholly as a flood;

:: and it shall be cast out and drowned,

::: as by the flood of Egypt.{{bibleverse|Amos|8:8|KJV}}: King James Version

• "cast out and drowned": "swept away and overwhelmed", as the land adjoining the Nile is by it, when flooding ({{bibleverse|Amos|9:5|9}}). The Nile rises generally twenty feet. The waters then "cast out" mire and dirt ({{bibleverse|Isaiah|57:20|9}}).Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset; David Brown. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary On the Whole Bible. 1871.{{PD-notice}}

: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God,

:: that I will send a famine in the land,

: not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,

:: but of hearing the words of the Lord:{{bibleverse|Amos|8:11|KJV}}: KJV

• "Famine": When the light of God's revelation is withdrawn, the longing for the Word, will remain unsatisfied, like that of Saul ({{bibleverse|1 Samuel|28:6|9}}), just like the psalmist grieves: "We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long" ({{bibleverse|Psalm|74:9|9}}); but it will be in vain (cf. {{bibleverse|Lamentations|2:9|9}}; {{bibleverse|Ezekiel|7:26|9}}; {{bibleverse|Micah|3:7|9}}).Joseph S. Exell; Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (Editors). The Pulpit Commentary. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890.{{PD-notice}}
• "Not a famine for bread": There could be both bodily and spiritual famine, such as stated, "the famine of the word of the Lord." Saul, in his extremity, "inquired of the Lord and He answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets" {{bibleverse|1 Samuel|28:6|9}}. Jeroboam sent his wife to inquire of the prophet Ahijah about his son's health ({{bibleverse|1 Kings|14:2–3|9}}). They sought for temporal relief only, and therefore found it not.Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Old Testament. London, Blackie & Son, 1884. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.{{PD-notice}}
• "A thirst for water": the destruction by thirst is the most afflictive manner ({{bibleverse|Hosea|2:3|9}}). Lysimachus is said to part with his kingdom for a draught of water; and the torments of hell are set forth by a violent thirst for it ({{bibleverse|Luke|16:24|9}}); but something worse than either of these is here threatened.John Gill. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Exposition of the Old and New Testament. Published in 1746–1763.{{PD-notice}}
• "The words of the Lord": are the Scriptures, the word of prophecy, and the preaching of the word, or explaining the Scriptures. Hearing them signifies the preaching of them ({{bibleverse|Isaiah|53:1|9}}) for by hearing comes a great blessing.

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• Related Bible parts: Amos 2, Amos 7, Romans 1

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• [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1508.htm Amos 8 Hebrew with Parallel English]
• [http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16180 Amos 8 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary]

• [http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=35&c=8 Amos 8 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate]

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