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The Vision of the Basket of Summer-Fruit.
v. 1. Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me, in another vision revealing the fate of Israel, and behold a basket of summer-fruit, dead ripe, ready to be consumed.
v. 2. And he said, again anxious to impress the meaning of the vision upon the prophet, 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, for they were ripe for the punishment which would end their national existence; I will not again pass by them any more, namely, to spare them, that they would not be punished.
v. 3. And the song's of the Temple, originally intended to convey the spirit of the highest rejoicing, shall be howlings in that day, cries of the deepest grief and mourning over the large number of the slain, saith the Lord God. There shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence, with an admonition to hush, to bow in silence under the terrible severity of the divine judgment. If a sinner acknowledges his sin, he will also be ready to bow in silence and humility under the hand of God when some punishment comes upon him.