Declareth — Knows the thoughts of all men. The God of hosts — Whose sovereign power all creatures obey, and acts for or against us as he willeth. Let us humble ourselves before this God, and give all diligence to make him our God. For happy are the people whose God he is, and who have all this power engaged for them.
Verse Amos 4:13. _HE THAT FORMETH THE MOUNTAINS_] Here is a powerful description of the majesty of God. He formed the earth; he created the wind; he knows the inmost thoughts of the heart; he is the...
FOR LO, HE THAT FORMETH THE MOUNTAINS - Their God whom they worshiped was but nature. Amos tells them, who “their God” is, whom they were to prepare to meet. He describes Him as the Creator of that, w...
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)...
ISRAEL'S DENSENESS. What is the real cause of conduct that merits such punishment? At the root of all the evil is a sham religion, a religion which in its mere formality and gross corruption has degen...
CREATETH. Some modern critics allege that this word (Hebrew. _bara, Genesis 1_ Amos 1:1) was not used before the time of Jeremiah; but it is used, besides the Pentateuch, in Psalms 51:10;...
Here the people at large are addressed by the prophet, perhaps at some festal religious gathering....
A verse describing the majesty and omnipotence of the Judge, and suggesting consequently a motive why His will should be obeyed, and His anger averted. He is the Maker both of the solid mountains, and...
_PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD -- AMOS 4:12-13:_ One of the most sobering statements in the Bible is "Prepare to meet thy God." After continual rejection God told Israel to "Get ready to face your God!" Thi...
REVELATION CALLS FOR REPENTANCEGOD'S CHARACTER AND WILL REVEALED TEXT: Amos 4:12-13 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O...
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 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...
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...
GOD OF HOSTS. — The Lord whom they have to meet is no mere national deity, but the supreme Creator. CREATETH THE WIND. — Not “spirit” (as margin). But the two ideas “wind” and “spirit” were closely as...
כִּ֡י הִנֵּה֩ יֹוצֵ֨ר הָרִ֜ים וּ בֹרֵ֣א ר֗וּח
1. FOR WORSHIP, CHASTISEMENT Amos 4:4 In chapter 2 Amos contrasted the popular conception of religion as worship with God's-conception of it as history. He placed a picture of the sanctuary, hot with...
“PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD” Amos 4:12-13; Amos 5:1-15 Worse judgments than those mentioned in the previous verses were in store but before they are inflicted, the entire nation is summoned to the divin...
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...
_Wind. Septuagint, "the Spirit, and announcing to man his Christ," (Haydock) or Cyrus. (Theodotion) --- But this version has read improperly. (Calmet) --- Some hence brought an argument against the di...
Here we have an account of the Lord's sore judgments upon Israel; by famine, by withholding the fruits of the earth, and by marking his judgments in a distinguishing manner, causing it to rain upon on...
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...
We have explained the last verse of the fourth chapter, except that there remains something to be said of the glorious representation given of God by the Prophet. He says first, that he had _formed th...
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...
FOR, LO, HE THAT FORMETH THE MOUNTAINS,.... These words are a description of the glorious Person, "thy God" and Saviour, to be met; he is the Creator of all things, that formed the mountains, and so w...
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,...
_Therefore thus will I do unto thee_ I will continue to send these several judgments upon thee till I entirely destroy thee. _And because_, or, _forasmuch, as I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet...
For, lo, He that formeth the mountains, calling them into existence by His almighty power, AND CREATETH THE WIND, AND DECLARETH UNTO MAN WHAT IS HIS THOUGHT, His omniscience readily penetrating into t...
VARIOUS PUNISHMENTS LEADING UP TO THE LAST JUDGMENT...
WIND: Or, spirit...
6-13 See the folly of carnal hearts; they wander from one creature to another, seeking for something to satisfy, and labour for that which satisfies not; yet, after all, they will not incline their e...
To move them to act for their safety, the prophet tells them how great and dreadful God is, the most dreadful and terrible enemy, but the most desirable friend. HE THAT FORMETH THE MOUNTAINS; when the...
Amos 4:13 forms H3335 (H8802) mountains H2022 creates H1254 (H8802) wind H7307 declares H5046 (H8688) man...
HAVING FAILED TO RESPOND TO ALL GOD'S PLEADINGS BY JUDGMENT THERE COULD ONLY BE ONE INEVITABLE END. LIKE PHARAOH BEFORE THEM THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND OUT THE SEVERITY OF HIS JUDGMENT WHEN ALL ELSE HAD...
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...
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...
_He that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind._ BACKGROUNDS AND FOREGROUNDS The mountains made, for the Hebrew, the background of every landscape in which they stand. The foreground of the pl...
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 4:13 Israel is about to come face to face with the Creator of the universe, THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS (see note on 3:13)....
THREATENED EVIL ESCAPED BY RETURN TO GOD.—_Amos 4:12_ “When he has said, ‘This will I do to thee,’ he is silent as to what he will do, in order that whilst Israel is left in uncertainty as to the part...
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 3:13; Amos 5:8; Amos 6:8; Amos 8:9; Amos 9:6;...