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Amos 4:1 (show verse)
"Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more 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 taken a sacred oath: "The day is coming when they will take you away on fishhooks, every last one of you on fishhooks.
Amos 4:3 (show verse)
Each of you will go out through the breaches of the walls straight to Mt. Hermon," declares the LORD.
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Amos 4:4 (show verse)
"Come to Bethel and sin, to Gilgal and sin even more! Bring along your morning sacrifices, and pay your tithes every other day.
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)
While you're at it, present a thank offering with leaven, and publicize your freewill offerings, letting everyone hear about it, because this is what you really love to do, you Israelis," declares the Lord GOD.
Amos 4:6 (show verse)
"I also have scheduled food shortages for you in all of your cities, and lack of bread in all of your settlements, but you haven't returned to me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:7 (show verse)
"I therefore have withheld the rain from you three months before the harvest, causing rain to come upon one city, but not upon another, and upon one field but not upon another, so that it would wither.
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 staggered away to another city in order to obtain drinking water, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:9 (show verse)
"I afflicted you with blight and fungus; and the locust swarm devoured the harvest of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees, but you have not returned to me," declares 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 plagues among you as I did with Egypt. I killed your choicest young men with the sword. I took your horses away from you. I filled your noses with the stench of your encampments, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:11 (show verse)
"I overthrew your cities, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You've become like a burning ember, snatched from the fire, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:12 (show verse)
"Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I am about to do this, prepare to be summoned to your God, Israel!"
Amos 4:13 (show verse)
Look! The one who crafts mountains, who creates the wind, who reveals what he is thinking to mankind, who darkens the morning light, who tramples down the high places of the land the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies is his name.