amos-4:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:9

The third chastisement is occasioned by blight ( Deuteronomy 28:22 ) and palmerworm ( Deuteronomy 28:39 , Deuteronomy 28:42 ). Blasting ; the scorching east wind spoken of by Isaiah ( Isaiah 27:8 ) and Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 17:10 ). Vulgate, in vento urente ; Septuagint, ἐν πυρώσει , "with parching;" Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion, ἀνεμοφθρία . Mildew ; a blight, under the influence of which the ears of corn turned yellow and became unfruitful. "Blasting and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:6

And I, I too have given you - Such had been their gifts to God, worthless, because destitute of that which alone God requires of His creatures, a loving, simple, single-hearted, loyal obedience. So then God had but one gift which He could bestow, one only out of the rich storehouse of His mercies, since all besides were abused - chastisement. Yet this too is a great gift of God, a pledge of His love, who willed not that they should perish; an earnest of greater favors, had they used it. It is a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:7

And I, I too have withholden the rain - Jerome, dwelling in Palestine, says, that “this rain, when “three months yet remained until harvest,” was the “latter rain,” of the very greatest necessity for the fields of Palestine and the thirsty ground, lest, when the blade is swelling into the crop, and gendering the wheat, it should dry up through lack of moisture. The time intended is the spring, at the end of April, whence, to the wheat-harvest, there remain three months, May, June, July.” “God... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:8

Two or three cities wandered into one city - Those then who were punished, were more than those who were reprieved. The word “wandered” literally, “trembled,” expresses the unsteady reeling gate of those exhausted, in quest of food . They staggered through weakness, and uncertain, amid the general drought, whither to betake themselves. This was done, not in punishment but to heal. God paused, in order to give them opportunity to repent; in deed, His long-suffering only showed to themselves and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:9

I have smitten you with blasting - Literally, “an exceeding scorching,” such as the hot east wind produced, and “an exceeding mildew,” a blight, in which the ears turn untimely a pale yellow, and have no grain. Both words are doubly intensive. They stand together in the prophecy of Moses Deuteronomy 28:22, among the other scourges of disobedience; and the mention of these would awaken, in those who would hear, the memory of a long train of other warnings and other judgments.When your gardens... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 4:6-8

Amos 4:6-8. And I also have given you Or, for this cause I have given you, cleanness of teeth An expression signifying a scarcity of food, or a famine. The famine which we read of 2 Kings 8:1, seems to be that which is here referred to. Yet have ye not returned unto me Nevertheless ye have not been brought to a sense of your sins, to any sorrow for them, or to any sincere purpose of amendment. Also I have withholden the rain, when there were yet three months to the harvest At a season... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 4:4-13

Religion without God (4:4-13)In words of cutting irony, Amos calls the people to the places of worship, encouraging them to continue their zealous but unspiritual religious exercises. The more they do so, the more they will increase their sin. They are corrupt, immoral, ungodly, greedy, lawless and violent, yet they love to make a show of their religious zeal. Amos mocks them by urging them to offer their sacrifices daily (normally, private citizens did this yearly), to offer their tithes every... read more

E.W. Bullinger

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 4:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 4:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 4:6-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 4:4-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 4:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 4:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 4:9

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