And he said, Amos, what seest thou?.... To quicken his attention, who might disregard it as a common thing; and in order to lead him into the design of it, and show him what it was an emblem of:and I said, a basket of summer fruit; some render it "a hook" , such as they pull down branches with to gather the fruit; and the word so signifies in the Arabic language ; but the other is the more received sense of the word:then said the Lord unto me; by way of explanation of the vision: the end is come upon my people Israel: the end of the kingdom of Israel; of their commonwealth and church state; of all their outward happiness and glory; their "summer [was] ended", and they "not saved", Jer 8:20; all their prosperity was over; and, as the Targum, their"final punishment was come,''the last destruction threatened them :I will not again pass by them any more; pass by their offences, and forgive their sins; or pass by their persons, without taking notice of them, so as to afflict and punish them for their iniquities: or, "pass through them and more" now making an utter end of them;See Gill on "Am 7:8".
bwlk "unicuus", V. L. "ferramentum incurvum, seu uncus ex quo de sella commeatum suspendit viator", Giggeius apud Golium, col. 2055. There is an elegant play on words in the words Uyq, "summer", andUq, "the end".