Thematic Bible
Amos 4:1 (show verse)
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”
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 God has sworn [an oath] by His holiness
That, “Behold, the days are coming upon you
When they shall take you away with meat hooks,
And the last of you with fish hooks.
Amos 4:3 (show verse)
“And you shall go out through the breaches [made in the city wall],
Every woman straight before her [unable to turn aside],
And you shall be cast to
Says the Lord.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 4:4 (show verse)
“Come to Bethel [where the golden calf is] and transgress;
In Gilgal [where idols are worshiped] multiply transgression;
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)
“
And [boastfully] proclaim freewill offerings, announce them.
For this you so love to do, O children of Israel!”
Says the Lord God.
Amos 4:6 (show verse)
“I also gave you cleanness of teeth [because of the famine] in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
Amos 4:7 (show verse)
“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
When there were still three months until the harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on another city I would not send rain;
One piece of ground was rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
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 [the people of] two or three cities would stagger into one city to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
Amos 4:9 (show verse)
“I wounded you with blight [from the hot, blasting east wind] and with mildew;
And the caterpillar devoured
Your many gardens and vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
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 a plague among you like [those of] Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword and I captured your horses,
I made the stench of your camp rise up into your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
Amos 4:11 (show verse)
“I overthrew and destroyed [some among] you, as [I, your] God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were [rescued] like a log pulled out of the flame;
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
Amos 4:12 (show verse)
“Therefore this is what I shall do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to meet your God [in judgment], O Israel!”
Amos 4:13 (show verse)
For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes the dawn into darkness
And treads on the heights of the earth—
The Lord God of hosts is His name.