Amo 7:1 | NET2full | STEP | The Sovereign Lord showed me this : I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout . ( The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest . )

‏ Amos 7:1

Symbolic Visions of Judgment

1 The Sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw ^{▼▼tn Heb “behold” or “look.”} him making locusts just as the crops planted late ^{▼▼sn The crops planted late (consisting of vegetables) were planted in late January-early March and sprouted in conjunction with the spring rains of March-April. For a discussion of the ancient Israelite agricultural calendar, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 31-44.} were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest. ^{▼▼tn Or “the mowings of the king.”} ^{▼▼sn This royal harvest may refer to an initial mowing of crops collected as taxes by the royal authorities.})