What is got by oppression cannot be enjoyed with satisfaction. The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks. I overthrew you, as god overthrew sodom and gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze. With bible gateway plus, you gain instant access to a digital bible study library. We find two quotations from the book of amos in the acts of the apostles. What makes this volume unique is its special attention to amoss literary features and what they reveal about the books theology and composition. Study the bible online using commentary on amos and more. Those of you who survived were like charred sticks pulled from a fire.
You must be logged in to view your newly purchased content. 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. Amos 4 israel has not returned to god hear bible gateway. You will each go straight out through breaches in the wall. Amos 4 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. The words of amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of tekoa, which he saw concerning israel in the days of uzziah king of judah, and in the days of jeroboam the son of joash, king of israel, two years before the earthquake. First, he uttered the second woe over the careless and indulgent leaders of the nation, sunk in their revellings and indifference. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition of.
Hear this word, you cows of bashan, who are on the mountain of samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, bring wine, let us drink. You can find the best commentary on amos for you using the tools on the right side. What makes this volume unique is its special attention to amoss literary features and what they. He has earned degrees from east texas baptist college, southwestern baptist theological seminary, and trinity evangelical divinity. Study amos 4 using wesleys explanatory notes to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning. How miserable are those whose confidence in unscriptural observances only prove that they believe a lie. Much has been made of the fact that amos was a shepherda man more comfortable among hills and dales than on. Read amos commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. Since i started working on this study of amos, i have searched our library holdings with the hope i would turn up a hidden or forgotten study by some new church scholar.
Amos, like most of the prophets, told us of a bright future for gods chosen people. Gods presence on the earth will result in many benefits. Another awful calamity, an earthquake, is referred to, and perhaps a volcanic eruption. As it is presented in this book, amoss message is one of almost unrelieved gloom but see 5. Amos, an older contemporary of hosea and isaiah, was active c. This is a study guide commentarywhich means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the bible. Title as with each of the minor prophets, the title comes from the name of the prophet to whom god gave his message 1. Youll get this book and many others when you join bible gateway plus.
Amos 4 bible commentary wesleys explanatory notes christianity. While you are making your way to amos chapter 4, allow me to mention a few historical details to give you some background and context. Amos chapter four commentary by ron beckham audio bible study amos 4. Israel, the northern country consisting of ten tribes, and judah, the remaining two tribes in the south. Amos predicted that after the nations had learned their lessons, israel and all nations would be restored and abundantly blessed, both physically and spiritually amos 9. A proverbial expression, used both by sacred and prophane writers to signify a narrow escape out of imminent danger. For them, he pronounced their destruction and the overthrow of their nation amos 6. Either their houses were burnt, or their bodies consumed by fire from heaven, with lightning. Top 5 commentaries on the book of amos ligonier ministries.
Amos wasnt trained as a prophet, he was a simple herdsman and farmer. Like all the commentators chosen for the hermenia series, paul is learned. Sometimes the plague had raged among them, and the sword of war had cut off multitudes, v. Amos 4 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on the. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet amos, especially the denunciation of israels nobles as israel is reproved for oppression, amos 4. Rather, he was a grower of sycamore figs as well as a shepherd amos 7. The paperback bible presents the bible by the book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. Watch our overview video on the book of amos, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Amos 4 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the church of christ, presents a verse level look at the bible. During the time of the minor prophets, the nation of israel had divided into two separate countries, each with its own government.
Then he says something to his own people who live in israel and judah. While hosea only prophesied regarding israel amos also prophesied concerning the neighbouring nations of israel. Hear this word, you cows of bashan who are on the mountain of samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, bring now, that we may drink. This chapter continues the further elaboration of the prophetic doom pronounced upon israel at the conclusion of amos 2.
This book is an excellent aid to ones study of the prophet. Amos 4 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. Amos 4, new international version niv the bible app. The edomites, or idumeans, are often threatened for their enmity against the israelites, because they took all occasions to oppress and insult over them in their distress. Amos 4 is the fourth chapter of the book of amos in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. I overthrew some of you as i overthrew sodom and gomorrah.
A large portion of the sacred writings sets forth gods exhibitions of kindness towards men as their protector. The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks. I have overthrown some of you, as god overthrew sodom and. Amos implies that these women are the trendsetters and leaders in israelite society, a course judah also took before she fell isaiah 3. Joels arresting imageryblasting trumpet, darkened sun and marching hostshas shaped the churchs eschatological vision of a day of wrath. Listen to pastor robert furrow as he continues his commentary on the book of james picking up today in chapter 4, verse 11. The book of hosea consists of fourteen chapters, which was the record for a minor prophet until zechariah tied it a couple centuries later. Amos with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Israel has not returned to god hear this word, you cows of bashan on mount samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, bring us some drinks. Amoss job was to remind people about what they already knew. Amos made clear in his writings that he did not come from a family of prophets, nor did he even consider himself one. He is married to the former peggy rutta and they have three children and six grandchildren. The book of amos is the third of the twelve minor prophets in the tanakhold testament and the second in the greek septuagint tradition.
Read amos 4 commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. All the sins of israel are aggravated from their incorrigibleness in them, and their refusal to return and reform, notwithstanding the various rebukes of providence which they had been under, amos 4. This was either the same judgment with that which we read of joel 1. Amos 4 niv bible hear this word, you cows of bashan on. The idolaters in israel, being joined to idols, are given up to their own hearts lusts, amos 4. The prophet amos lived among a group of shepherds in tekoa, a small town approximately ten miles south of jerusalem. Commentary on the book of amos by matthew henry old. Amos commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the whole of the old testament, and the gospels and acts in the new testament. Much has been made of the fact that amos was a shepherda man more comfortable among hills and dales.
Ye kine of bashan is an indictment against the women of samaria. The edomites, or idumeans, are often threatened for their enmity against the israelites, because they took all. Amos was a simple, hardy shepherd from the southern wilds of judah, and his prophecies are redolent of his early life, both in their homely imagery and in the wholesome indignation and contempt for the silkenrobed vice of israel. Apparently, when nations degenerate, leaders of society, who should be setting the standards, are replaced by women and children or the immature, who, isaiah says. David guzik commentary on amos 4, where amos describes the indulgent women of israel and.
He writes about the terrible things that they have done. But at the end of the book amos gives a message of hope. The comparison expresses perfectly well the state to which the syrians reduced the israelites in the war here referred to. I destroyed some of your cities, as i destroyed sodom and gomorrah. Study the bible online using commentary on amos 4 and more. However, amos preference to begin a new section of thought with an introductory formula suggests that verse 8, which begins with behold, introduces the final section of his book.
In this commentary on the book of amos, daniel carroll combines a detailed reading of the hebrew text with attention to its historical background and current relevance. The whole land will once more be a kingdom under the house of david see amos 9. Amos 4 commentary matthew henrys complete commentary. Amos 4 hear this word, ye kine of bashan, that are in the mountain of samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, bring, and let us drink. But god was also very busysending famines, droughts, blights, locusts, epidemics, warfare, and possibly earthquakes in judgment for their unrighteousness amos 4. Commentaries large print bible bible search bible dictionaries books of the bible verse of. He hoped that they would heed these minor warnings before he sent the rod of his anger against them isaiah 10. With leaven as all the rest of your willworship, so this also is against the express law, leviticus 2. Joel and amos tyndale old testament commentaries hubbard, david allan on. Amos chapter 4 matthew henry complete commentary on. Gods people were very busy making money, accumulating things, and practicing their religion. Although there are sermons using a verse or part of a.
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