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 condition of fancied security. The strangeness of the imagery has led to a variety of interpretations. Döderlein translates “ye shall be driven into thorny districts, and among thorn bushes.”
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
The women of Samaria....
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...
_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,...
REASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCE GOD'S HOLINESS DEMANDS PUNISHMENT FOR EVIL TEXT: Amos 4:1-5 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush t...
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...
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...
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...
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...
נִשְׁבַּ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ בְּ קָדְשֹׁ֔ו כִּ֛י...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
DENUNCIATION OF THE OUTSTANDING VICES...
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...
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...
Amos 4:2 Lord H136 GOD H3069 sworn H7650 (H8738) holiness H6944 days H3117 come H935 (H8802) away...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Amos 6:8; Ezekiel 39:4; Ezekiel 39:5; Habakkuk 1:15; Habakkuk 1:16;...
By his holiness — By himself as he is the holy God. The days — Of famine, desolation and captivity. He — God by the Assyrian army will take you, as fish are taken with the hook. Your posterity — The c...