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Amos 4:1 (show verse)
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to 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
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 sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character: "Certainly the time is approaching when you will be carried away in baskets, every last one of you in fishermen's pots.
Amos 4:3 (show verse)
Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls; you will be thrown out toward Harmon." The Lord is speaking!
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 4:4 (show verse)
"Go to Bethel and rebel! At Gilgal rebel some more! Bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes on the third day!
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
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)
Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! For you love to do this, you Israelites." The sovereign Lord is speaking!
Amos 4:6 (show verse)
"But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!
Amos 4:7 (show verse)
"I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried 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
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)
People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!
Amos 4:9 (show verse)
"I destroyed your crops with blight and disease. Locusts kept devouring your orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!
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
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 against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. I killed your young men with the sword, along with the horses you had captured. I made the stench from the corpses rise up into your nostrils. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!
Amos 4:11 (show verse)
"I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!
Amos 4:12 (show verse)
"Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!
Amos 4:13 (show verse)
For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is his name!"