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Amos 8 Amos 8:1-3 I. Organization 1. Prophetic Vision Narrative(4th in a series of 5) 2. No breaks; One complete paragraph 3. Past tense II. Verse 1 1. Begins a vision that Amos is having 2. The Lord shows Amos “a basket of summer fruit” 3. Summer fruit most likely has some type of historical or cultural significance III. Verse 2 1. The Lord asks Amos what he sees 2. Amos replies that he sees a basket of summer fruit 3. The Lord tells Amos that the end has come for Israel and that he will no longer spare them IV. Verse 3 1. The Lord tells Amos that the songs of the palace will turn to wailing and that many will die and that the palace will be silent 2. The palace was most likely the palace of the king 3. The palace and temples of Bethel Amos is the third of the Minor Prophets. His name means “burden” or “burden bearer,” a fitting name in the light of the grievous message which he had to deliver to Israel. Jewish tradition says that he was called Amos because he stammered or was slow of speech, but this is doubtful. He belonged to the Southern Kingdom, the Kingdom of Judah, although his prophetic ministry was carried out in the Kingdom of the North, the Kingdom of Israel. Amos was, as he himself amos, god, fruit, vision, people, israel, john, verse, lord, nov, kingdom, commentary, accessed, 15, third, summer, songs, palace, king, gill, 2003, word, two, tells, section, punishment, one, new, just, judah, jerusalem, bible, because, about, visions