Time after Pentecost · Proper 20 · 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 Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks through the basket of summer fruit and the merchants' fraud verse by verse.
Amos 8 Commentary Precept Austin
Collects classic verse-by-verse commentary excerpts on the chapter.
Amos 8:4 Commentaries BibleHub
Lines up multiple historic commentaries side by side on the opening verse.
Amos 8 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight
Gives John Gill's full exposition of the oracle against dishonest merchants.
Commentary on Amos 8:4-7 Working Preacher
The one Lutheran-tradition voice on Amos's indictment of economic exploitation.
Background & Word Study
Amos 8:4 Interlinear BibleHub
Shows the underlying Hebrew word by word.
Amos Course Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's introduction to Amos and his social critique.
Book of Amos Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of Amos's message of justice for the poor.
Amos 8:4-7 Sefaria
Reads the oracle in the original Hebrew alongside an English translation.
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