アモス書 4:6 JCB

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 4:6

(6) Cleanness of teeth is, by the poetic parallelism, identified with the want of bread, the former phrase being a graphic representation of one of the ghastly aspects of famine; clean, sharp, prominent teeth projecting from the thin lips. Notwithstanding their chastisement, God says, “Ye have not returned even up to me.” Jehovah is here introduced as grieving over the failure of his disciplinary treatment of Israel. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 4:4-6

THE FALSE PEACE OF RITUALAmos 4:4-6THE next four groups of oracles- Amos 4:4-13; Amos 5:1-27; Amos 5:6.-treat of many different details, and each of them has its own emphasis; but all are alike in this, that they vehemently attack the national worship and the sense of political security which it has engendered. Let us at once make clear that this worship is the worship of Jehovah. It is true that it is mixed with idolatry, but, except possibly in one obscure verse Amos 5:26, Amos does not... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 4:4-13

1. FOR WORSHIP, CHASTISEMENTAmos 4:4-13In chapter 2 Amos contrasted the popular conception of religion as worship with God’s-conception of it as history. He placed a picture of the sanctuary, hot with religious zeal, but hot too with passion and the fumes of wine, side by side with a great prospect of the national history: God’s guidance of Israel from Egypt onwards. That is, as we said at the time, ‘he placed an indoors picture of religion side by side with an open-air one. He repeats that... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 4:6-13

COMMON SENSE AND THE REIGN OF LAWAmos 3:3-8; Amos 4:6-13; Amos 5:8-9; Amos 6:12; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Amos 8:4-6FOOLS, when they face facts, which is seldom, face them one by one, and, as a consequence, either in ignorant contempt or in panic. With this inordinate folly Amos charged the religion of his day. The superstitious people, careful of every point of ritual and very greedy of omens, would not ponder real facts nor set cause-to effect. Amos recalled them to common life. "Does a bird fall... 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Amos 4:6

4:6 And I also have given you {h} cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.(h) That is, lack of bread and meat. 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

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Amos 4:1-13

Moral Degradation Amos 4:0 "Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink" ( Amo 4:1 ). David speaks of bulls "bulls of Bashan." Amos speaks of "kine"; another word, with subtler meanings, which cannot be expressed in terms. The whole people had sunk into sensuality. To say they were distinguished by effeminacy is to expose a word innocent in itself to false... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 4:6-13

Here we have an account of the Lord's sore judgments upon Israel; by famine, by withholding the fruits of the earth, and by marking his judgments in a distinguishing manner, causing it to rain upon one city and not upon another; by pestilence, blasting, and mildew; by the destruction of the sword; and by particular marked providences to some, not unlike the overthrow of Sodom; these were among the methods the Lord was pleased to take to rouse Israel to a sense of sin, and to an awakening... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 4:6

Dulness, ( stuporem ) as when the teeth have bitten at a stone (Haydock) and are edged, Jeremias xxxi. 29. Septuagint, "gnashing." Hebrew, "cleanness," through want of food. Eliseus foretold a famine under Achab, 4 Kings viii. 1. That of Joel (i.) seems to have happened later than this. (Calmet) --- God sent these afflictions for their amendment. (Worthington) read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 4:6

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 4:4-6

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 4:4-13

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 4:6-13

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

Geneva Study Bible - Amos 4:6

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

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Amos 4:1-13

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 4:6-13

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 4:6

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