Amos 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Amos 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Amos 4:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 ha...
Amos 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Amos 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Amos 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Amos 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 shoul...
Amos 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1. FOR WORSHIP, CHASTISEMENT Amos 4:4-13 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,...
Amos 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Amos 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Amos 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Incorrigibleness of Israel; Judgments Called to Remembrance; Greater Judgments Threatened. B. C. 790....
Amos 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 som...
Amos 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Various Punishments Leading up to the Last Judgment
Amos 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:5 ; Amos 4:6 ; Amos 4:9-11 ; Ezekiel 4:16 ; Haggai 1:6 ; Hosea 7:10 ; Isaiah 41:17 ; Isaiah 41:18 ; Jeremiah 14:3 ; Jeremiah 23:14 ; Micah 6:14
Amos 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not satisfied — Either that had not enough for them, or durst not part with it.

Amos 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 4:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes