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Verse Amos 4:2. _HE WILL TAKE YOU AWAY WITH HOOKS_] Two modes of
fishing are here alluded to:
1. Angling with rod, line, and baited hook.
2. That with the gaff, eel-spear, harpoon, or such like; the...
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THE LORD GOD HATH SWORN BY HIS HOLINESS - They had sinned to profane
His “Holy Name” (see the note at Amos 2:7). God swears by that
holiness which they had profaned in themselves on whom it was called...
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CHAPTER 4
The Second Discourse
_ 1. Divine threatening and irony (Amos 4:1) _
2. Yet have ye not returned unto Me (Amos 4:6)
3. Prepare to meet thy God (Amos 4:12)...
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THE WOMEN OF SAMARIA. Like Isaiah (Isaiah 31:6), Amos turns to
denounce the extravagant and wicked frivolity of the women of the
upper classes. He is not necessarily charging them with responsibility...
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THE LORD GOD. See note on Amos 1:7.
SWORN BY HIS HOLINESS. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:16).
LO. Figure of speech _Asferismos._ App-6.
HOOKS. In the Assyrian monuments we see the captives wit...
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Jehovah's indignation is aroused; and He _swears_(cf. Amos 6:8; Amos
8:7), that retribution will overtake them for such selfishness and
cruelty.
_hath sworn by his holiness_ God's holiness is made the...
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The women of Samaria....
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_FAT COWS OF BASHAN -- AMOS 4:1-3:_ Amos dealt with the oppression and
injustice by those that called themselves God's people. He called the
women fat cows of Bashan. Bashan was on the east of Jordan,...
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REASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCE GOD'S HOLINESS DEMANDS PUNISHMENT FOR EVIL
TEXT: Amos 4:1-5
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Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of
Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush t...
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The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall
come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your
posterity with fishhooks.
THE LORD - the same Hebrew [ 'Adonaay (H13...
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THE SECOND ADDRESS
1-3. The heartless luxury of the rich women.
4, 5. The elaborate sacrifices and pilgrimages.
6-12. The failure of God's chastisements to produce amendment.
1. These pampered wome...
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HE] RV 'they,' i.e. the conquerors.
YOUR POSTERITY] RV 'your residue.' Those farthest removed from danger
will be dragged out of their retreats like fish from the water.
3. Like excited cattle each w...
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THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD
AMOS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 4
THE WOMEN WHO LOVE LUXURY
V1 Listen to this, you cows of Bashan, who live on the mountains of
Samaria.
You hurt poor...
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FISHHOOKS. — Descriptive of the suddenness and irresistible
character of the seizure, whereby, as a punishment for their wanton
selfishness, the nobles were to be carried away as captives from their
c...
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נִשְׁבַּ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ בְּ
קָדְשֹׁ֔ו כִּ֛י...
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CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT
Amos 3:1 - Amos 4:3
WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 3-6. It
is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by
the recurre...
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CALAMITIES ARE GOD'S WARNINGS
Amos 4:1-11
Speaking after the imagery of his vocation, Amos the herdsman compares
the rich and powerful of Samaria, who were living in luxury and
wantonness, to the kin...
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The second discourse consists of Jehovah's summons to the people.
It commences with a severe and terrible indictment of the women. He
addressed them as "Ye kine of Bashan," which reveals the degradati...
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The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come
upon you, that he will take you away with (c) hooks, and your
posterity with fishhooks.
(c) He alludes to fishers, who catch fis...
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_Holiness. He has none but himself to swear by, Hebrews vi. 13. His
word is infallible; but he condescends to use an oath to make a deeper
impression on man. --- Pikes; spits, or large shields. Hebrew...
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Under the similitude of the fat bulls of Bashan the Prophet shews how
Israel had oppressed the poor and lean among them. And under the
figure of fishermen, he sets forth how in the end they that oppre...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
"The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw
concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days
of Jeroboam the...
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Here Amos declares what sort of punishment awaited those fat cattle,
who being well fed despised God, and were torpid in their fatness. He
therefore says, that the days were nigh, when they should be...
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Chapter 4 presents the oppression of the poor, and the worship which
the children of Israel rendered at will in the places they had chosen.
God also would act as He saw fit. He had indeed already done...
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THE LORD GOD HATH SWORN BY HIS HOLINESS,.... That is, by himself,
holiness being his nature, and an essential attribute of his; this is
done to ascertain the truth of what is after said, and that men...
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The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come
upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity
with fishhooks.
Ver. 2. _The Lord God hath sworn by his holi...
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_The Lord hath sworn by his holiness_ As sure as God is holy and true,
so certainly will he bring the threatened judgment upon you; _that he
will take you away with hooks_ “The original word in the ma...
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DENUNCIATION OF THE OUTSTANDING VICES...
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The Lord God hath sworn by His holiness, by a most solemn oath, THAT,
LO, THE DAYS SHALL COME UPON YOU THAT HE WILL TAKE YOU AWAY WITH
HOOKS, or, "when men will drag you away with hooks,". AND YOUR
PO...
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1-5 What is got by extortion is commonly used to provide for the
flesh, and to fulfil the lusts thereof. What is got by oppression
cannot be enjoyed with satisfaction. How miserable are those whose
co...
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I have often told you that God had spoken, now I assure you that the
mighty and eternal God hath sworn the thing, and you must therefore
needs conclude it sure and certain. HE HATH SWORN BY HIS HOLINE...
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Amos 4:2 Lord H136 GOD H3069 sworn H7650 (H8738) holiness H6944 days
H3117 come H935 (H8802) away...
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ORACLE OF WARNING TO THE WEALTHY WOMEN OF SAMARIA (AMOS 4:1).
We can tend to forget that the women of Israel/Judah were regularly
equally guilty with the men, but the prophets never forgot it, for
the...
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TWO INDICTMENTS OF THE PEOPLE WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SERIES OF
CHASTISEMENTS (AMOS 4:1).
A new oracle now begins with the words ‘hear this word ---' (compare
Amos 3:1; Amos 5:1) and consists of indict...
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CONTENTS: Threatening against the oppressors in Israel. Israel
reminded of God's chastening in the past.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: God designs all His providential rebukes to influence men
to tur...
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Amos 4:1. _Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan._ The strong bulls of
Bashan are celebrated in scripture. Psalms 22:13. _Vaccæ pingues,_
fat cows, haughty women, abandoned to luxurious ease, and who, equ...
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_Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of
Samaria._
GOD THE CHAMPION OF THE OPPRESSED
I. The character of these men. “Ye kine of Bashan,” etc. The
feminine, “kine,” marks their...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 4:1 This second oracle (see note on 2:6–6:14) is
composed of three parts. In Amos 4:1, Amos expands somewhat on the
points made in...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 4:2 These verses describe what will happen to the
wealthy and self-indulgent women of Samaria (v. Amos 4:1) when it
falls to the Assyrians. They will be dragged out through the
broke...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] KINE] Fat and wanton, yet effeminate and luxuriant;
reproved not for fierceness, but unfeeling insolence and oppression.
SAY]
(1) Wives here intended, voluptuous women after the analo...
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EXPOSITION
AMOS 4:1
_§ 2. Second address. The prophet reproves the voluptuous women of
Samaria, and fortells their captivity _(Amos 4:1);_ with bitter irony
he describes the people's devotion to idol...
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Then the Lord says,
Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan (Amos 4:1),
They worshiped the calf so God calls them a bunch of cows. But because
they worshiped the calf, He speaks disdainfully concerning th...
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Amos 6:8; Ezekiel 39:4; Ezekiel 39:5; Habakkuk 1:15; Habakkuk 1:16;...