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Amos 8

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14 verses in KJV · 210 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of Amos 8 (KJV)

8:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

8:2 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; I will not again pass by them any more.

8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Amos

Approximate study chronology: c. 787 BC

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