阿摩司书 4:3 CUNPSS

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 4:3

cow , i.e. woman. at that which is before her = each woman through the breach [in the wall of Samaria]. before her i.e. without turning to the left or right. Compare Joshua 6:5 , Joshua 6:20 . ye shall cast them into the palace . Palace, Hebrew. harmon (see note on Amos 1:4 ). Here it is haharmonah, which forms the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ) with 'arman (Amos 3:11 ). The clause is to be interpreted by Amos 3:11 , Amos 3:12 , end Amos 5:27 , and would then road: "ye shall be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 4:3

Amos 4:3. And ye shall go out, &c.— And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow after the other, and shall betake yourselves to the mountains of Mona, saith the Lord. But Houbigant supposes the metaphor in the preceding verses to be kept up; and he translates it, And ye shall come out by the apertures which are nearest to you, and ye shall be cast into nets, or receptacles. He conceives the meaning of the metaphor to be, that these fishes, being caught with hooks and nets, should be... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:3

3. go out at the breaches—namely, of the city walls broken by the enemy. every cow at that which is before her—figurative for the once luxurious nobles (compare "kine of Bashan," :-) shall go out each one right before her; not through the gates, but each at the breach before him, not turning to the right or left, apart from one another. ye shall cast them into the palace—"them," that is, "your posterity," from Amos 4:2. You yourselves shall escape through the breaches, after having cast your... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 4:1-3

Economic exploitation 4:1-3 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 4:2-3

Sovereign Yahweh had not just said what He would do, but He had sworn that He would do it. When God swore He provided an additional guarantee, in addition to His word, that He would indeed do something (cf. Genesis 22:16-17; Isaiah 62:8; Jeremiah 44:26; Hebrews 6:16-18). He made this solemn declaration in harmony with His holiness. As surely as God is separate from humankind and cannot tolerate sin, these women would surely suffer His judgment one day.An enemy would cart them off as butchers... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 4:1-13

The Second Address1-3. The heartless luxury of the rich women. 4, 5. The elaborate sacrifices and pilgrimages. 6-12. The failure of God’s chastisements to produce amendment.1. These pampered women are compared to cows grown fat through feeding in the rich pastures of Bashan (Numbers 32:1-5; Deuteronomy 32:14; Micah 7:14).Masters] RV ’lords,’ i.e. husbands (1 Peter 3:6). 2. He] RV ’they,’ i.e. the conquerors.Your posterity] RV ’your residue.’ Those farthest removed from danger will be dragged... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 4:3

(3) Every cow . . .—Render each one (ref. to the women, Amos 4:1) straight before her. The enemy shall have broken down the city’s defences, and the women shall tamely go forth through the breaches into captivity. The next clause is very obscure. It is best to take the verb as passive, Ye shall be thrown out. The word that follows is rendered “the palace” by the E.V. with Kimchi and other authorities, under the assumption that the Heb. harmôn is another form of the word elsewhere used in Amos... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 4:1-3

5CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENTAmos 3:1-15 - Amos 4:3WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: chapters 3-6. It is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by the recurrence of the formula "Hear this word," which stands at the head of our present chapters 3, 4, and 5, which are therefore probably due to it; partly by two cries of "Woe" at Amos 5:18 and Amos 6:1; and also by the fact that each of the groups thus started leads up to an emphatic, though not at first... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Amos 4:1-13

CHAPTER 4 The Second Discourse 1. Divine threatening and irony (Amos 4:1-5 ) 2. Yet have ye not returned unto Me (Amos 4:6-11 ) 3. Prepare to meet thy God (Amos 4:12-13 ) Amos 4:1-5 . The prophet addresses them as “kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria.” The cows of Bashan were noted for their sleek and well-fed condition, feeding on the choicest of pasture. The term is descriptive of Israel’s prosperous condition as well as their beastly character. They were selfish and... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Amos 4:1-13

AMOS GENERAL OVE RV IEW OF THE BOOK The opening verse shows that Amos, like Hosea, was a prophet sent to Israel, though his home, Tekoa, was in Judah. He was contemporary with Hosea for a while, though the latter prophesied longer than he. After the introduction (Amos 1:1-3 ) there follows a series of messages concerning Gentile nations (Amos 1:4 to Amos 2:3 ), each beginning with the words “For three transgressions.., and for four, I will not turn away the punishment,” an orientalism,... read more