Amos 4:1

CHAPTER IV

Israel reproved for their oppression, 1-3;

idolatry, 4, 5;

and for their impenitence under the chastising hand of God,

6-11.

The omniscience and uncontrollable power of God, 12, 13.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV

Verse Amos 4:1. Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan] Such an address was quite natural from the herdsman of Tekoa. Bashan was famous for the fertility of its soil, and its flocks and herds; and the prophet here represents the iniquitous, opulent, idle, lazy drones, whether men or women, under the idea of fatted bullocks, which were shortly to be led out to the slaughter.