Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Amos 4:8
Not satisfied — Either that had not enough for them, or durst not part with it.
Not satisfied — Either that had not enough for them, or durst not part with it.
TWO OR THREE CITIES WANDERED INTO ONE CITY - Those then who were punished, were more than those who were reprieved. The word “wandered” literally, “trembled,” expresses the unsteady reeling gate of th...
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...
Here the people at large are addressed by the prophet, perhaps at some festal religious gathering....
The five unheeded chastisements which have passed over Israel. The description of each ends with the pathetic refrain, indicating its failure to produce the desired effect, "Yet have ye not returned u...
Drought. _And_ I ALSO _have withholden the_ WINTER-RAIN _from you, when_there were &c.. The Heb. is not _mâṭâr_, but _géshem_, i.e. a _burst of rain_: the heavy rains of winter, which continue as a ru...
_wandered_&c. WOULD TOTTER … BUT WOULD NOT BE SATISFIED: the frequentative tenses are continued. Eastern cities are dependent largely for their water upon underground cisterns in which the rain is col...
_YOU HAVE NOT RETURNED TO GOD -- AMOS 4:6-11:_ Five times the Lord described efforts He had made to rescue Israel from sin. But each time He said, "Yet you did not return to me," or "still you rejecte...
AND ALSO I HAVE WITHHOLDEN THE RAIN— These verses apparently refer to the withholding of those rains which filled their _reservoirs of water for drinking;_ and our translators should have used the ter...
REASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCECHASTENING IN THE PAST SHOULD MAKE THEM THINK TEXT: Amos 4:6-11 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; y...
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 seve...
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...
CITIES] i.e. the inhabitants....
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...
THREE MONTHS TO THE HARVEST. — The withdrawal of rain at this period (February and March) is at the present day most calamitous to the crops in Palestine. CAUSED IT TO RAIN... — The tenses should be r...
וְ נָע֡וּ שְׁתַּיִם֩ שָׁלֹ֨שׁ עָרִ֜ים אֶל ־עִ
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...
CALAMITIES ARE GOD'S WARNINGS Amos 4:1-11 Speaking after the imagery of his vocation, Amos the herdsman compares the rich and powerful of Samaria, who were living in luxury and wantonness, to the kin...
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...
So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were (k) not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. (k) They could not find enough water where they had...
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...
Marking the difference, the Prophet relates, that two or three cities had come to one, to seek drink, and that they were not satisfied, because the waters failed on account of so large a number: for t...
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...
SO TWO [OR] THREE CITIES WANDERED UNTO ONE CITY, TO DRINK WATER,.... Two or three cities, that is, the inhabitants of them, being without water, went up and down in quest of any city or place where th...
So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. Ver. 8. _So two or three cities wandered_] Necessity is...
_And I also have given you_ Or, for this cause I have given you, _cleanness of teeth_ An expression signifying a scarcity of food, or a famine. The famine which we read of 2 Kings 8:1, seems to be tha...
VARIOUS PUNISHMENTS LEADING UP TO THE LAST JUDGMENT...
So two or three cities, impelled by necessity, WANDERED UNTO ONE CITY TO DRINK WATER, to get enough at least to sustain life; BUT THEY WERE NOT SATISFIED, they could not drink their fill, and their tr...
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...
TWO OR THREE, a certain for an uncertain number, CITIES, the places for the inhabitants, by a usual metonymy, WANDERED UNTO ONE CITY TO DRINK WATER: it seems to imply that they travelled at some uncer...
Amos 4:8 two H8147 three H7969 cities H5892 wandered H5128 (H8804) another H259 city H5892 drink H8354 ...
YHWH FIVE TIMES EXPRESSES HIS CONCERN THAT IN SPITE OF HIS JUDGMENTS ISRAEL HAVE NOT RETURNED TO HIM (AMOS 4:6). Having made clear His indictment of the women and men of Israel, both because of social...
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...
_And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities._ AFFLICTIONS PROVIDENTIAL There is a material difference between what may be called permissive and active providences; and between su...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 4:6. Teeth] Famine, as threatened in the law (Deuteronomy 28:48; Deuteronomy 28:57; cf. 2 Kings 8:1)....
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...
1 Kings 18:5; Amos 4:6; Amos 4:9; Ezekiel 4:16; Haggai 1:6;...