Die Propheten
The Basket of Summer Fruit
The Lord shows Amos a vision of a basket of summer fruit and declares that the end has come for his people Israel. The temple songs will become laments, and many corpses will lie scattered about.
Amos 8,1-3
1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: a basket of summer fruit.
כֹּ֥ה הִרְאַ֖נִי אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה כְּל֥וּב קָֽיִץ׃
2He asked, "What do you see, Amos?" I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel; I will never again pass them by." [Footnote: The Hebrew word for "summer fruit" (qayits) sounds like the word for "end" (qets).]
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ עָמ֔וֹס וָאֹמַ֖ר כְּל֣וּב קָ֑יִץ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י בָּ֤א הַקֵּץ֙ אֶל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ׃
3"On that day the songs of the palace will turn to wailing," declares the Lord GOD. "Corpses will be everywhere—flung out in silence." [Footnote: Or "the songs of the temple."]
וְהֵילִ֜ילוּ שִׁיר֤וֹת הֵיכָל֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה רַ֣ב הַפֶּ֔גֶר בְּכָל־מָק֖וֹם הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ הָֽס׃ פ