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Amos 4
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Amos 4:1 (show verse)

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to your husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”
Animals » Names of » Cattle
Bashan » Distinguished for its fine cattle
Cattle » Bashan suitable to the raising of
Cow » Figurative
Kine (bovine) » Figurative
Mountains » Afforded pasturage
Oppression » God will judge
Oxen » Kine illustrative » Of proud and wealthy rulers
The poor » The wicked » Crush
ancient Samaria » Samaria the capital of » Called the mountain of samaria

Amos 4:2 (show verse)

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness,
“Behold, the days are coming upon you
When they will take you away with meat hooks,
And the last of you with fish hooks.
Fish » Caught » Hooks
Fishes » Taken with » Hooks
God, Holiness of » Is pledged for the fulfilment of » His judgments

Amos 4:3 (show verse)

“You will go out through breaches in the walls,
Each one straight before her,
And you will be cast to Harmon,” declares the Lord.
No Themes for this verse.

Amos 4:4 (show verse)

“Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » Idolatry at
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Prophecies concerning
Idolatry » Other customs of » Tithes and gifts
Irony » Instances of » Amos to the samaritans
Tithes » Customs relating to
Tithes » Observed by idolaters

Amos 4:5 (show verse)

“Offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim freewill offerings, make them known.
For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.
Bread » Kinds of » Leavened (made with yeast)
Idolatry » Other customs of » Tithes and gifts
Leaven » Used with thank offerings
Leaven (yeast) » Leavened bread used » With a peace-offering
Offerings » Must be » Accompanied with leaven (yeast)
Tithes » Observed by idolaters

Amos 4:6 (show verse)

“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
Cities » Were frequently » Wasted by famine
Famine » Expressed by » Cleanness of teeth
Impenitence » Warnings against

Amos 4:7 (show verse)

“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
Drought » Instances of
Famine » Caused by » Want of seasonable rain
God » God's Judgments » Drought » General references to » Examples of
Harvest » Former and latter rain necessary to abundance of
Harvest » Failure of » Occasioned by drought
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine
Rain » Withheld as judgment
Rain » Frequently withheld on account of iniquity

Amos 4:8 (show verse)

“So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine

Amos 4:9 (show verse)

“I smote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
Agriculture » Foes of » Blasting of crops
Agriculture » Foes of » Palmerworm
Blasting » Blasting of crops
Blasting » Sent as a judgment
Correction » Correction despised
Famine » Caused by » Blasting and mildew
Fig tree » Propagated by the jews
Gardens » Blasting of, a punishment
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Palmerworm
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine
Olive Trees » Often suffered from caterpillars
Palmerworm » Foe of agriculture
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Turning » The reward for turning from the lord
Vineyards » The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c

Amos 4:10 (show verse)

“I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt;
I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses,
And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
God's Judgments » Pestilence » Sent
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Plagues » Egypt often afflicted with
Turning » The reward for turning from the lord

Amos 4:11 (show verse)

“I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
Firebrand » Figurative
Gomorrah » Destroyed
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Turning » The reward for turning from the lord

Amos 4:12 (show verse)

“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to meet your God, O Israel.”
Readiness » For the future
Turning » The reward for turning from the lord

Amos 4:13 (show verse)

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name.
Darkness » Physical
Mountains » God » Formed
Wind » God » Created
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