Amos 8:2 to Ezekiel 7:2

OT Text Referred to: Ezekiel 7:2

Subject: the end

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Echo

Connection Method(s): None

Significance: Amos 8:2 declares "the end (הַקֵּץ, haqqets) has come for My people Israel," employing a Hebrew wordplay between "summer fruit" (קַיִץ, qayits) and "end" (קֵץ, qets). Ezekiel 7:2 echoes the identical declaration: "The end has come (בָּא הַקֵּץ, ba haqqets) upon the four corners of the land." Both prophets announce irrevocable divine judgment using the same terminus vocabulary, but Ezekiel extends Amos's judgment from the northern kingdom to encompass the entire land, including Judah. The verbal repetition signals that what Amos foretold for Israel, Ezekiel now announces for the remaining kingdom.

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Text: Ezekiel 7:2

OT Text Referred to: Amos 8:2

Subject: the end

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): None

Significance: Ezekiel 7:2 announces "The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land," using the Hebrew word הַקֵּץ (haqqets, "the end") in a declaration that deliberately echoes Amos 8:2, where God shows the prophet a basket of summer fruit (קַיִץ, qayits) and declares "the end (הַקֵּץ, haqqets) has come for my people Israel." Both prophets employ הַקֵּץ as a terminus of divine patience, but Ezekiel intensifies the announcement through repetition and cosmic scope ("four corners of the land"), signaling that what Amos foresaw for the northern kingdom now falls upon all Israel.