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Verse Amos 4:9. _I HAVE SMITTEN YOU WITH BLASTING AND MILDEW_] He sent
_blasting_ and _mildew_ on the _crops_, and the _locust_ on the
_gardens, vineyards_, and _fields_; and this in such a way as to...
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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...
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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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ISRAEL'S DENSENESS. What is the real cause of conduct that merits such
punishment? At the root of all the evil is a sham religion, a religion
which in its mere formality and gross corruption has degen...
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I HAVE SMITTEN, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:22).
App-92. Compare Haggai 2:17.
THE PALMERWORM. the gnawer. Hebrew. _gazam._ See note on Joel 1:4....
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Here the people at large are addressed by the prophet, perhaps at some
festal religious gathering....
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Blasting and mildew. The same two words in combination, Deuteronomy
28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; Haggai 2:17. _Blasting_(cf. Genesis 41:6;...
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The five unheeded chastisements which have passed over Israel. The
description of each ends with the pathetic refrain, indicating its
failure to produce the desired effect, "Yet have ye not returned u...
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_YOU HAVE NOT RETURNED TO GOD -- AMOS 4:6-11:_ Five times the Lord
described efforts He had made to rescue Israel from sin. But each time
He said, "Yet you did not return to me," or "still you rejecte...
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REASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCECHASTENING IN THE PAST SHOULD MAKE THEM
THINK
TEXT: Amos 4:6-11
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And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and
want of bread in all your places; y...
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And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and
want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me,
saith the LORD. I ALSO HAVE GIVEN YOU. Yahweh details His seve...
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4:9 palmer-worm (f-10) See Joel 1:4 ....
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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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BLASTING AND MILDEW. — Burning up the corn before it is ready to
ear, and producing a tawny yellow, instead of golden red, was another
judgment. Nothing escapes the Divine visitation. “Your gardens,
v...
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הִכֵּ֣יתִי אֶתְכֶם֮ בַּ †
שִּׁדָּפֹ֣ון וּ בַ...
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1. FOR WORSHIP, CHASTISEMENT
Amos 4:4
In chapter 2 Amos contrasted the popular conception of religion as
worship with God's-conception of it as history. He placed a picture of
the sanctuary, hot with...
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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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_Wind. Protestants, "blasting." (Haydock) --- "Pestilential air,"
(Septuagint, Symmachus, &c.) which destroys the corn (Calmet) and men.
(Haydock)_...
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Here we have an account of the Lord's sore judgments upon Israel; by
famine, by withholding the fruits of the earth, and by marking his
judgments in a distinguishing manner, causing it to rain upon on...
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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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Though one kind of punishment may not convince men, they are yet
thereby proved with sufficient clearness to be guilty before God. But
when in various ways he urges them, and after having tried in vai...
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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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I HAVE SMITTEN YOU WITH BLASTING AND MILDEW,.... "Blasting" is what we
commonly call "blights", generally occasioned by an east wind; and so
Kimchi interprets the word here used; and the Vulgate Latin...
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I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and
your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the
palmerworm devoured [them]: yet have ye not returned unto me, s...
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I have smitten you, as a third chastisement, WITH BLASTING AND MILDEW,
with a blight upon the cereal grains; WHEN YOUR GARDENS AND YOUR
VINEYARDS AND YOUR FIG-TREES AND YOUR OLIVE-TREES INCREASED, the...
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VARIOUS PUNISHMENTS LEADING UP TO THE LAST JUDGMENT...
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WHEN YOUR GARDENS... INCREASED, THE PALMER WORM:
Or, the multitude of your gardens etc. did the palmerworm etc....
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6-13 See the folly of carnal hearts; they wander from one creature to
another, seeking for something to satisfy, and labour for that which
satisfies not; yet, after all, they will not incline their e...
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To other judgments inflicted on you I have added this also, my hand
hath been heavy upon you, I HAVE SMITTEN YOU WITH BLASTING; the
excessive heat and drought have turned your corn into black and
parc...
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Amos 4:9 blasted H5221 (H8689) blight H7711 mildew H3420 gardens H1593
increased H7235 (H8687) vineyards H3754 trees...
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YHWH FIVE TIMES EXPRESSES HIS CONCERN THAT IN SPITE OF HIS JUDGMENTS
ISRAEL HAVE NOT RETURNED TO HIM (AMOS 4:6).
Having made clear His indictment of the women and men of Israel, both
because of social...
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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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_And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities._
AFFLICTIONS PROVIDENTIAL
There is a material difference between what may be called permissive
and active providences; and between su...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Amos 4:6. Teeth] Famine, as threatened in the law (Deuteronomy 28:48;
Deuteronomy 28:57; cf. 2 Kings 8:1)....
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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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1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Amos 7:1; Amos 7:2; Amos 4:6;...
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Increased — When they were most fruitful. Devoured — Eat up all,
as is the manner of them....