Amos 4:8

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.

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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...
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....
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...
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...
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 dr...
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 th...
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 c...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cities ] i.e. the inhabitants.
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 Pal...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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...
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...
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, we...
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...
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 f...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Incorrigibleness of Israel; Judgments Called to Remembrance; Greater Judgments Threatened. B. ...
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 wa...
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 wo...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Five Times Expresses His Concern That In Spite of His Judgments Israel Have Not Returned To Him ( Amos 4:6-11 ). Having made clear His indict...
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:...
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, h...
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 ca...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Various Punishments Leading up to the Last Judgment
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So two or three cities, impelled by necessity, wandered unto one city to drink water, to get enough at least to sustain life; but they were not sa...
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:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

⁸ 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.

Related Commentaries of Amos 4:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 4:8