Amos 7:8

7:8 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “Tin.” The sovereign One then said,

“Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel.

I will no longer overlook their sin. ¹ 

Amos 8:2

8:2 He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end ²  has come for my people Israel! I will no longer overlook their sins. ³ 

Amos 9:8

9:8 Look, the sovereign Lord is watching ⁴  the sinful nation, ⁵ 

and I will destroy it from the face of the earth.

But I will not completely destroy the family ⁶  of Jacob,” says the Lord.

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “And I will no longer pass over him.”

[8:2]  ² tn There is a wordplay here. The Hebrew word קֵץ (qets, “end”) sounds like קָיִץ (qayits, “summer fruit”). The summer fruit arrived toward the end of Israel’s agricultural year; Israel’s national existence was similarly at an end.

[8:2]  ³ tn Heb “I will no longer pass over him.”

[9:8]  ³ tn Heb “the eyes of the sovereign Lord are on.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Or “kingdom.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).