Pentecost Season · Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
Amos 8:4-7
A Basket of Summer Fruit
September 24, 2028
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 Fruit Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse treatment of the vision and the indictment of dishonest merchants.
Commentary on Amos 8:4-7 Working Preacher
Lutheran scholarly reading of the passage's economic critique.
Amos 8 Commentary Precept Austin
Extensive compiled evangelical commentary excerpts on the chapter.
Amos 8:4 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated classic commentary entries on this verse.
Amos 8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary StudyLight
Homiletical treatment oriented toward preaching the passage.
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