Amos 8:2 to Ezekiel 7:3

OT Text Referred to: Ezekiel 7:3

Subject: the end

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Echo

Connection Method(s): None

Significance: Amos 8:2 announces "the end" (הַקֵּץ, haqqets) for Israel through the vision of summer fruit, while Ezekiel 7:3 declares "now the end is upon you" (עַתָּה הַקֵּץ עָלַיִךְ, attah haqqets alayikh), adding the immediacy of direct address. Both texts use קֵץ (qets) as a theological term for the definitive cessation of divine patience. Ezekiel's triple repetition of "the end" throughout chapter 7 (vv. 2, 3, 6) intensifies Amos's single announcement, hammering the point that God's long-suffering has reached its terminus and judgment is now inescapable.

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Text: Ezekiel 7:3

OT Text Referred to: Amos 8:2

Subject: the end

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): None

Significance: Ezekiel 7:3 declares "the end is now upon you" and adds "I will judge you according to your ways," expanding Amos 8:2's vision of הַקֵּץ (haqqets, "the end") with the theological specification that judgment corresponds exactly to the people's conduct. While Amos introduced the qayits/qets wordplay (summer fruit / the end) as a vision for the northern kingdom, Ezekiel applies the same verdict to Judah, transforming the distant prophetic warning into an imminent reality with retributive precision.