Holy Scripture
Amos 8:2
A church father on this verse
“(Chapter 8, verses 1 and following) This is what the Lord God showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit. And he said, 'Amos, what do you see?' And 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. The songs of the temple shall beco…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2And he said, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, A fowler’s basket. And the Lord said to me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.
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In context
1And behold a fowler’s basket.
— Amos 8:2 —
3And the ceilings of the temple shall howl in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many a fallen one in every place; I will bring silence upon them.
4Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,