1. summer fruit — Hebrew, kitz. In Amos 8:2 "end" is in Hebrew, keetz. The similarity of sounds implies that, as the summer is the end of the year and the time of the ripeness of fruits, so Israel is ripe for her last punishment, ending her national existence. As the fruit is plucked when ripe from the tree, so Israel from her land. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"
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pericope/per-amo-8-001
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological