Amos 4:13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 4:6-13

Here, I. God complains of his people's incorrigibleness under the judgments which he had brought upon them in order to their humiliation and reformation. He had by several tokens intimated to them his displeasure, with this design, that they might by repentance make their peace with him; but it had not that effect. 1. It is five times repeated in these verses, as the burden of the charge, ?Yet have you not returned unto me, saith the Lord; you have been several times corrected, but in vain;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 4:13

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains ,.... These words are a description of the glorious Person, "thy God" and Saviour, to be met; he is the Creator of all things, that formed the mountains, and so was before them, as in Proverbs 8:25 ; and able to surmount and remove all mountains of difficulties that lay in his way of working out salvation for his people: and createth the wind ; or "spirit"; not the Holy Spirit, which is uncreated; but either angels, whom he makes spirits; or the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 4:13

He that formeth the mountains - Here is a powerful description of the majesty of God. He formed the earth; he created the wind; he knows the inmost thoughts of the heart; he is the Creator of darkness and light; he steps from mountain to mountain, and has all things under his feet! Who is he who hath done and can do all these things? Jehovah Elohim Tsebaoth, that is his name. The self-existing, eternal, and independent Being. The God who is in covenant with mankind. The universal... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 13 We have explained the last verse of the fourth chapter, except that there remains something to be said of the glorious representation given of God by the Prophet. He says first, that he had formed the mountains then that he had created the spirits, afterwards that he declares to man what is his thoughts, makes the morning and the darkness, and walks on the high places of the earth Such an accumulation of words might seem superfluous, only this main thing must be borne in mind, that it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:1-13

§ 2. Second address. The prophet reproves the voluptuous women of Samaria, and fortells their captivity ( Amos 4:1-3 ); with bitter irony he describes the people's devotion to idolatry ( Amos 4:4 , Amos 4:5 ): he shows how incorrigible they have proved themselves under God's chastisements ( Amos 4:6-11 ); therefore they must expect further punishment, if so be that they will learn to fear the Lord ( Amos 4:12 , Amos 4:13 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:6-13

Judgment the Divine retort to human sin. This is the sad history of God's vain contendings with an incorrigible nation. In Amos 3:1-15 . is an account of the mercies by which he at first had tried to draw them. All that had failed utterly. They met privilege with inappreciation, friendship with rebuff, and favour with incredible disregard. Then he had changed his tactics. They would not be drawn, perhaps they might be driven. The experiment was worth the making, and the record of it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:12-13

Preparation for meeting God. "Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel," etc. "All the means that had been employed to reform the Israelites having proved ineffectual, they are here summoned to prepare for the final judgment, which was to put an end to their national existence. To this judgment reference is emphatically made in the terms כח , 'thus;' and זאח , 'this.' There is a brief resumption of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:13

The prophet enforces his threats by declaring God's power and omniscience. He that formeth the mountain; ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ στερεῶν βροντήν , "I am he that strengtheneth thunder". The mountains are mentioned as the most solid and everlasting of his works; the wind, as the subtlest and most immaterial of created things. Declareth unto man what is his thought; i.e. man's thought; reveals man to himself shows that he knows man's thought before man puts it into words. This he does... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:13

The God with whom we have to do. God always acts in character. From the thing he is may be inferred the quality of the thing he will do. We see him here— I. AS REVEALED BY HIS NAMES . Each Divine name and title is a Divine revelation; sets forth some one of God's incomparable perfections. 1 . Jehovah. "The Being;" "the Living One." In contradistinction to idols, having real existence. In contradistinction to created things, having eternal existence. In contradistinction... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:13

The majesty of God. This and several other passages in this book of prophecy prove to us that Amos was a man who lived much in communion with nature and nature's God. A herdsman and a gatherer of figs, he passed his earlier years, not in towns, in palaces, in libraries, in schools, in the temple, but beneath the open sky, and in the presence of the solemnity, the grandeur, the sublimity, of the works of the Eternal. He had climbed the mountains of Judaea, had gazed upon the rugged ranges... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 4:6-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 4:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 4:13

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:13

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