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. HEAR THIS WORD, YE KINE OF BASHAN - fat and wanton kine, such as the rich pasture of Bashan (east of Jordan, between Hermon a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (H136)] as "masters" (Amos 4:1). Israel's nobles say to their master or lord, Bring us drink: but "the... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. AND YE SHALL GO OUT AT THE BREACHES - namely, of the city walls broken through by the enemy. EVERY COW AT THAT WHICH IS BEFORE HER - as a herd of cows go one afte... [ Continue Reading ]
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: COME TO BETH-EL, AND TRANSGRESS; AT GILGAL MULTIPLY TRANSGRESSION. God gives them up to their self-willed idolatry, that they may see how unable their idols... [ Continue Reading ]
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. AND OFFER - literally, burn incense. OFFER A SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING WITH LEAVEN - i:e., 'offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with bu... [ Continue Reading ]
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 several chastisements inflicted with a view to reclaiming them; but adds to each the same sad result, "y... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. THEREFORE - as all chastizements have failed to make thee "return unto me." THUS WILL I DO UNTO THEE - as I have threatened (Amos 4:2). AND BECAUSE I WILL DO THIS UNTO THEE,... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. FOR, LO, HE THAT FORMETH THE MOUNTAINS. The God whom Israel is to... [ Continue Reading ]