Passage Research
Amos 8 — Sermon Preparation
A basket of ripe summer fruit signals that Israel's end is near, and God announces a coming famine — not of bread, but of hearing his words. Below is a research summary for Amos 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 190 / 123
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Amos 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהֹוִה | Yᵉhôvih | H3069 | 4 | |
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 4 | Lord |
| כְּלוּב | kᵉlûwb | H3619 | 2 | bird-trap, basket |
| בָּר | bâr | H1250 | 2 | grain, the open country |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 3 | oracle |
| צָמָא | tsâmâʼ | H6772 | 2 | thirst |
| קַיִץ | qayits | H7019 | 2 | harvest |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Amos 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here was a token of God's highest displeasure. At any time, and most in a time of trouble, a famine of the word of God is the heaviest judgment. To many this is no affliction, yet some will feel it very much, and will travel far to hear a good sermon; they feel the loss of the mercies others foolishly sin away. But when God visits a backsliding church, their own plans and endeavours to find out a way of salvation, will stand them in no stead. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Amos 8:11–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Beersheba 1— Amos 8:14
- Dan— Amos 8:14
- Samaria 1— Amos 8:14
- Egypt— Amos 8:8
- Nile— Amos 8:8
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