“Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.” Context and Background Amos was a prophet who lived during the reign of King Jeroboam…

“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,” Context The book of Amos is one of the minor prophets…

“Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great,…

“Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and…

“And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth…

“And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I…

“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing…

“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and…

“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?” Context The book of Amos is…

“And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel;…