Amos 8:1

Verse 1. Hook. Hebrew “basket of summer fruit.” Septuagint “bird cage or net.” Bible.—Israel was ripe for destruction. verse 2. Calmet. 7:8. Calmet.—Not only those who were near, (4 Kennicott. 15:29) but the rest also were taken, (4 Kennicott. 17:6) as we pull with a hook the fruit when we cannot reach otherwise. Worthington.