Amos 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.

Cross-references

Amos 7:8 Parallel

Amos 7:8 contains the identical dialogue: 'What do you see?' and 'I will not pass by them anymore' — a direct parallel.

Ezekiel 7:2 Parallel

Ezekiel 7:2 says 'An end! The end has come upon the land of Israel' — a clear parallel to Amos's announcement of the end.

Zechariah 5:2 begins with the same question 'What do you see?' as here, linking two prophetic visions with identical formulas.

Micah 7:1 Parallel

Micah 7:1 laments having no summer fruit or first-ripe fig, using fruit imagery to describe Israel's desolation, similar to Amos's fruit of the end.

Lamentations 4:18 declares 'our end had come' — describing the fulfillment of the judgment Amos prophesied.

Jeremiah 24:1-3 uses baskets of figs to symbolize judgment and exile, parallel to Amos's basket of summer fruit representing the end.

Jeremiah 1:12 also features a prophetic wordplay: almond branch (shaked) sounds like 'watching' (shoked), just as Amos's summer fruit (qayits) sounds like 'end' (qets).

Isaiah 28:4 Parallel

Isaiah 28:4 also uses 'summer fruit' (qayits) to picture swift judgment, the early fig swallowed quickly — echoing the sudden end in Amos.

Deuteronomy 26:1-4 describes a basket of firstfruits as an offering of thanksgiving—contrasting with the basket of summer fruit that now signals judgment.

In Jeremiah 24:3, God asks Jeremiah 'What do you see?' and he answers 'figs,' a vision structure identical to Amos's fruit basket vision.

In Jeremiah 51:13, the phrase 'your end has come' (ba qitsekh) directly echoes Amos's 'the end has come,' applied to Babylon.

In Genesis 6:13, God says 'I will make an end of all flesh' using the same root (qets) as Amos, showing a pattern of divine judgment for sin.

Jeremiah 1:11-14 includes the same question 'What do you see?' with a vision of an object — similar prophetic call pattern.

Micah 7:18 Contrast

In Micah 7:18, God's pardon and mercy contrast with Amos's message of irrevocable judgment—a shift from wrath to grace.

Hosea 9:7 Parallel

In Hosea 9:7, the 'days of punishment have come' parallels Amos's declaration that the end has come for Israel.

Joel 2:1 Parallel

In Joel 2:1, the 'day of the Lord is coming' parallels Amos's 'the end has come,' both calling for alarm over imminent judgment.

Zephaniah 1:14 echoes the same urgent 'day of the LORD' as near – both prophets declare imminent judgment on Israel.

Micah 7:4 Parallel

In Micah 7:4, 'your punishment has come' uses a different Hebrew word but shares the same idea of judgment arriving as in Amos.