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Verse Amos 4:5. _OVER A SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING_] To the senseless
_metal_, and the unfeeling _stock_ and _stone_ images, from which ye
never did, and never could receive any help. Proceed yet fart...
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AND OFFER A SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING WITH LEAVEN - But amid this
boastful service, all was self-will. In little or great, the
calf-worship at Bethel, or the use of leaven in the sacrifice, they
did a...
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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)...
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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...
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OFFER. SACRIFICES. offer as incense. Hebrew katar. App-43. Ref to
Pentateuch (Leviticus 7:13; Leviticus 23:17). App-92. Compare Psalms
56:12.
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Here the people at large are addressed by the prophet, perhaps at some
festal religious gathering....
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_offer_ MAKE INTO SWEET SMOKE (the Homeric κνίση, _Il._I. 319), a
term used technically of the consumption of sacrifices upon the altar
(Leviticus 1:9, &c.). The idea is that of a repast: comp. Genesi...
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_COME TO BETHEL AND GILGAL AND SIN -- AMOS 4:4-5:_ When God invited
the people to come to Bethel and Gilgal He did not invite them to come
there for worship. Bethel was one of the places where the cal...
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REASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCE GOD'S HOLINESS DEMANDS PUNISHMENT FOR EVIL
TEXT: Amos 4:1-5
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Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of
Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush t...
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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 incens...
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4:5 burn (e-2) 'Burn as incense.' see Leviticus 1:9 ....
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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...
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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...
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The margin is more correct, and gives the key to the passage. Render,
_and offer by burning your thank-offering of leaven._ Leaven was not
allowed in any sacrifice offered by fire. Amos ironically cal...
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וְ קַטֵּ֤ר מֵֽ חָמֵץ֙ תֹּודָ֔ה וְ
קִרְא֥וּ
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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...
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THE FALSE PEACE OF RITUAL
Amos 4:4
THE next four groups of oracles- Amos 4:4; Amos 5:1; Amos 5:6.-treat
of many different details, and each of them has its own emphas
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CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT
Amos 3:1 - Amos 4:3
WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 3-6. It
is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by
the recurre...
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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...
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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...
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And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving (f) with leaven, and proclaim
[and] publish the free offerings: for this (g) liketh you, O ye
children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
(f) As (Leviticus 7:13).
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With. Hebrew mechamets, (Haydock) also "without leaven." It was
expressly forbidden, (Leviticus ii. 11.) though not in the first
fruits, Leviticus xxiii. 17. --- It, to beg that God would remember
you...
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It should seem that in the midst of all their transgressions they
still carried on a shew of religion. Like their idolatrous neighbours
around, they would not be totally void of some form of worship,...
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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...
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_And burn incense with the leaven of thank offering _He speaks of
peace-offerings; sacrifices of thanksgiving were wont to be offered
with leaven; but with other sacrifices they presented cakes and
un...
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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...
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AND OFFER A SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING WITH LEAVEN,.... Which some
observe was contrary to the law, which forbids all leaven in a meat
offering; or "burning" it in any offering, Leviticus 2:11; which t...
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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.
Ver. 5. _And offer a sacrifice of t...
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_Come to Beth-el_ The known place of the calf-worship; _and
transgress_ A strong irony, giving them over as incorrigible: like
that of Ezekiel 20:39, _Go ye, serve every man his idols. At Gilgal
multi...
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and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Cf Leviticus 7:12,
AND PROCLAIM AND PUBLISH THE FREE OFFERINGS, making a great show of
their religious fervor; FOR THIS LIKETH YOU, this they delight...
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DENUNCIATION OF THE OUTSTANDING VICES...
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OFFER A SACRIFICE:
_ Heb._ offer by burning
THIS LIKETH:
_ Heb._ so ye love...
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1-5 What is got by extortion is commonly used to provide for the
flesh, and to fulfil the lusts thereof. What is got by oppression
cannot be enjoyed with satisfaction. How miserable are those whose
co...
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OFFER A SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING WITH LEAVEN; as all the rest of your
will-worship, so this also is against the express law, LEVITICUS 2:11,
but yet you will persist in it; and do so at your peril, t...
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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...
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ORACLE OF WARNING TO ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL (AMOS 4:4).
Amos constantly attacks Israel on two major subjects, false worship
and social injustice. In Amos 4:1 he has attacked social injustice.
Now...
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THANKSGIVING
(_ See Scofield) - (Leviticus 7:13). _...
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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...
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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...
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_Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression._
ILL-SPENT SERVICE
I. The scenes of this idolatry. “Come to Bethel, and transgress; at
Gilgal multiply transgression.” Idolatry was...
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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...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 4:4 With bitter sarcasm, Amos criticizes religious
activity at BETHEL and GILGAL (see Joshua 4:20;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Amos 4:4. Gilgal] The scene of idolatry. MULTIPLY] Irony. Since you
will not be reformed, go on, try whether God likes your sacrifices;
eager as you are in worship, you will not pre...
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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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 2:10; Deuteronomy 12:6; Deuteronomy 12:7; Hosea 9:1;...
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With leaven — As all the rest of your will — worship, so this also
is against the express law, Leviticus 2:11. However, do so at your
peril, try whether it will end in good. Proclaim — Publickly
persu...