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Amos 4:1 (show verse)
Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, "Bring us drinks!"
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 Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, "The days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.
Amos 4:3 (show verse)
You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon," says Yahweh.
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Amos 4:4 (show verse)
"Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. 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
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 sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel," says the Lord Yahweh.
Amos 4:6 (show verse)
"I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Amos 4:7 (show verse)
"I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn't rain withered.
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)
So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Amos 4:9 (show verse)
"I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
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 plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Amos 4:11 (show verse)
"I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Amos 4:12 (show verse)
"Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
Amos 4:13 (show verse)
For, behold, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the Earth: Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name."