Two Visions

11 Then the word of the Lord came to me, asking, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” (A)

I replied, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

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11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”(A)

“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

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He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” (A)

I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”[a](B)

The Lord said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel;(C) I will no longer spare them.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:2 In Hb the word for summer fruit sounds like the word for end.

“What do you see,(A) Amos?(B)” he asked.

“A basket(C) of ripe fruit,” I answered.

Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(D)

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