have withholden, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:22-24).
piece. portion of land.
it. Ginsburg thinks this should be "I".
Related Commentaries of Amos 4:7
Amos 4:7
7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.