John Gill Commentary Amos 8:1

"Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, a basket of summer fruit." — Amos 8:1 (ASV)

Thus has the Lord God showed to me Another vision, which is the fourth, and after the following manner: and, behold, a basket of summer fruit; not of the first ripe fruit, but of such as were gathered at the close of the summer, when autumn began. So the Targum, ``the last of the summer fruit;'' such as were fully ripe, and would not keep till winter; or, if kept, would rot; but must be eaten directly, as some sort of apples, grapes, &c. denoting the people of Israel being ripe for destruction, and would be quickly devoured by their enemies; and that, as they had had a summer of prosperity, they would now have a sharp winter of adversity.