Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Ver. 1. Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me] viz. in this fourth vision, whereby (for better assurance, and to shake them out of their desperate security) Israel's utter ruin is again foretold by a lively type, which is here, 1. propounded; 2. expounded, Amos 8:3; Amos 8:5, that he may run that readeth it, and none may fall, but with open eyes, Habakkuk 2:2 .
And behold a basket] Made up haply in the form of a dog, as the word Calub seemeth to import.
Of summer fruit] Heb. of summer; that is, of that which the summer affordeth; toward the end of it especially, when fruits ripen, and even fall into the hand of the gatherer. The summer itself hath its denomination from a root that signifieth to awaken; because then the fruits and flowers, that seemed to be asleep all winter long, do awake, as it were, and show themselves.