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Amos 4
Amos 4 — Overview
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Amos 4 — OverviewAmos 4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter, I. The oppressors in Israel are threatened for their
oppression of the poor, ver. 1-3. II. The idolaters in Israel, being
joined to idols, are given up to their own heart's lusts, ver. 4, 5.…Amos 4 — OverviewAmos 4 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter, the great ones, or the people of Israel, are threatened with calamities for their oppression of the poor, Am 4:1; and in an ironic manner are reproved for their idolatry, Am 4:4; then follows an…Amos 4:1-5Amos 4:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt is here foretold, in the name of God, that oppressors shall be
humbled and idolaters shall be hardened.
I. That proud oppressors shall be humbled for their oppressions: for he
that does wrong shall receive…Amos 4:1Amos 4:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe very women are leaders in dissoluteness and oppression. Ye kine of Bashan. Fat and well liking, such as the rich pastures of Bashan produce. Some have supposed that by this term are meant the luxurious nobles of…Amos 4:1-3Amos 4:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe woes of the women at ease.
By a contemptuous and striking figure, the women of Samaria are styled the "kine of Bashan." They were as kine, unmindful of the past, unheeding of the future, their attention limited to…Amos 4:1-13Amos 4:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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