Amos 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Amos 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I, I too have given you - Such had been their gifts to God, worthless, because destitute of that which alone God requires of His creatures, a loving, simple, single-hearted, loyal obedience....
Amos 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I also have given you (h) 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. (h) That is, lack of bread and meat.
Amos 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 de...
Amos 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cleanness of teeth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for famine. yet have ye not . &c. Note the Structure above, showing the Figure fo Speech Amoeboeon (App-6). Compa...
Amos 4:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

But I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your borders; and ye turned not to me, saith Jehovah. God here expostulates with the people on account of their...
Amos 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Cleanness of teeth - Scarcity of bread, as imm...
Amos 4:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I also have given— For this cause have I given, &c. "The famine which I have sent upon the cities and territories of Israel, has not brought you to a sense of your sins, or any sincere pu...
Amos 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 H...
Amos 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cleanness of teeth is, by the poetic parallelism, identified with the want of bread, the former phrase being a graphic representation of one of the ghastly aspects of famine; clean, sharp, prominen...
Amos 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FALSE PEACE OF RITUAL Amos 4:4-6 THE next four groups of oracles- Amos 4:4-13 ; Amos 5:1-27 ; Amos 5:6 .-treat of many different details, and each of them has its own emphasis; but all a...
Amos 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 o...
Amos 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities ,.... Meaning a famine, having no food to foul them with, or to stick in them. This was not the famine in Samaria, 2 Kings 6:25 ; for...
Amos 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 6. And I have also given you cleanness...
Amos 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Amos 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Incorrigibleness of Israel; Judgments Called to Remembrance; Greater Judgments Threatened. B. C. 790....
Amos 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And I, the Lord, who gave many blessings to win you to repentance, hath also tried what might be done by judgments. Cleanness of teeth: this is a description of famine by one effect of it; where...
Amos 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Two Indictments Of The People Which Will Result In A Series Of Chastisements ( Amos 4:1-13 ). A new oracle now begins with the words ‘hear this word ---' (compare Amos 3:1 ; Amos 5:1 ) and consi...
Amos 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 4:6 . Teeth] Famine, as threatened in the law ( Deuteronomy 28:48 ; Deuteronomy 28:57 ; cf. 2 Kings 8:1 ). Amos 4:7 . Yet three ] The latter rain, which fell in lat...
Amos 4:6 - 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 4:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 betwee...
Amos 4:6 - 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 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, namely, because they had nothing to eat, and want of bread in all your places, by famines sent at various times; yet have ye not re...
Amos 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:1 ; 1 Kings 18:2 ; 2 Chronicles 28:22 ; 2 Kings 4:38 ; 2 Kings 6:25-29 ; 2 Kings 8:1 ; Amos 4:8 ; Amos 4:9 ; Deuteronomy 28:38 ; Ezekiel 16:27 ; Haggai 2:17 ; Hosea 5:15 ; Hos...
Amos 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An I — The Lord who gave many blessings to win you to repentance, hath also tried what might be done by judgments. Cleanness of teeth — This is a description of famine.

Amos 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 4:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 4:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 4:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 4:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes