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Ordinary Time · Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Amos 8:4-7

A Basket of Summer Fruit

September 24, 2028

Man Weighing Gold, Adriaen Isenbrant
Man Weighing Gold, Adriaen Isenbrant, c. 1515–1520The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A sober merchant in a black cap stands at his counter with a small pair of scales, gold coins spread before him.Hear this, you that trample on the needy, saying, “We will make the ephah small and the shekel great, and practise deceit with false balances.”Adriaen IsenbrantA painter of Bruges in the early 1500s, follower of Gerard David, known for devout panels of great refinement.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the largest art museums in the world.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 16:1-13Lk 16:1-13 orLuke 16:10-13Lk 16:10-13
Second Reading1 Tim. 2:1-81 Tm 2:1-8
First ReadingAmos 8:4-7Am 8:4-7
Responsorial PsalmPs. 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 (cf. 1a, 7b)Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 (cf. 1a, 7b)

Overview & Insights

"The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass them by." (Amos 8:2)

God shows Amos a basket of ripe summer fruit, a wordplay in Hebrew signaling that Israel's time has ripened for judgment. Amos condemns merchants who cheat the poor and shrink the ephah while waiting impatiently for the Sabbath to end, and warns of a coming famine of hearing God's word.

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Commentary

Amos 8 Commentary: Like a Basket of Ripe FruitAm 8 Commentary: Like a Basket of Ripe Fruit Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse treatment of the vision and the indictment of dishonest merchants.

Commentary on Amos 8:4-7Commentary on Am 8:4-7 Working Preacher

Lutheran scholarly reading of the passage's economic critique.

Amos 8 CommentaryAm 8 Commentary Precept Austin

Extensive compiled evangelical commentary excerpts on the chapter.

Amos 8:4 CommentariesAm 8:4 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentary entries on this verse.

Amos 8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical CommentaryAm 8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary StudyLight

Homiletical treatment oriented toward preaching the passage.

Background & Word Study

Amos 8:4 InterlinearAm 8:4 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text with parsing for the opening verse of the passage.

Amos 8:4-7 in Hebrew and EnglishAm 8:4-7 in Hebrew and English Sefaria

Reads the Masoretic text alongside an English translation.

Amos OverviewAm Overview BibleProject

Short video overview of the book's structure and prophetic themes.

Study Hub

Amos 8:1-12 Study ResourcesAm 8:1-12 Study Resources Textweek

A broad index of further commentary and sermon links on the chapter.

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