Amos 4:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall casta them into the palace, saith the LORD. ”

Amos 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye shall go out through the breaches - Samaria, the place of their ease and confidence, being broken through, they should go forth one by one, “each straight before her,” looking neither to the r...
Amos 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Women of Samaria. Like Isaiah ( Isaiah 31:6-9 ), Amos turns to denounce the extravagant and wicked frivolity of the women of the upper classes. He is not necessarily charging them with responsi...
Amos 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cow , i.e. woman. at that which is before her . each woman through the breach [in the wall of Samaria]. before her i.e. without turning to the left or right. Compare Joshua 6:5 ; Joshua 6:20...
Amos 4:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet expresses now, in different words, what would be the future calamity of that kingdom; but he still speaks of the rich and the chief men. For though he threatened also the common peo...
Amos 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Probably the metaphor is...
Amos 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And ye shall go out, &c.— And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow after the other, and shall betake yourselves to the mountains of Mona, saith the Lord. But Houbigant supposes the meta...
Amos 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 w...
Amos 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 pam...
Amos 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Every cow ... — Render each one (ref. to the women, Amos 4:1 ) straight before her. The enemy shall have broken down the city’s defences, and the women shall tamely go forth through the breache...
Amos 4:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT Amos 3:1-15 - 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...
Amos 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 t...
Amos 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 degrada...
Amos 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Under the similitude of the fat bulls of Bashan the Prophet shews how Israel had oppressed the poor and lean among them. And under the figure of fishermen, he sets forth how in the end they that oppr...
Amos 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye shall go out at the breaches ,.... Not at the gates of the city, as they had used to do at pleasure; but at the breaches of the walls of it, made by the enemy, in order to make their escape,...
Amos 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 3. And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow ] Qu...
Amos 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow , &c. The prophet pursues the metaphor taken from the kine of Bashan, Amos 4:1 , and tells the people, that as cattle strive to get out at every...
Amos 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against Oppressors; Punishment of Proud Oppressors. B. C. 790. 1 Hear this...
Amos 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And ye, kine of Bashan, oppressors distressed by the just hand of God, and by the violent hand of your enemy, shall go out, endeavour to make your escape by flight, at the breaches, which the besie...
Amos 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Oracle Of Warning To The Wealthy Women Of Samaria ( Amos 4:1-3 ). We can tend to forget that the women of Israel/Judah were regularly equally guilty with the men, but the prophets never forgot it,...
Amos 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Kine ] Fat and wanton, yet effeminate and luxuriant; reproved not for fierceness, but unfeeling insolence and oppression. Say] (1) Wives here intended, voluptuous women after...
Amos 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Amos 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria. God the champion of the oppressed I. The character of these men. “Ye kine of Bashan,” etc. The feminine, “kine,” marks th...
Amos 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 4:1-30 § 2. Second address. The prophet reproves the voluptuous women of Samaria, and fortells their captivity ( Amos 4:1-30 ); with bitter irony he describes the people'...
Amos 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Denunciation of the Outstanding Vices
Amos 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 25:4 ; 2 Kings 7:15 ; 2 Kings 7:7 ; 2 Kings 7:8 ; Ezekiel 12:12 ; Ezekiel 12:5 ; Isaiah 2:20 ; Isaiah 31:7 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Zephaniah 1:18
Amos 4:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye — Kine of Bashan. Go out — Ye shall endeavour to make your escape. The breaches — Which the besieging enemy make in your walls, when Samaria is besieged. Before her — Taking the readiest way. Th...

Amos 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 4:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 4:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 4:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes