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Amos 4:7 KJV
Amos · chapter 4 · verse 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.Amos 4:7 · King James Version
Amos 4:7 in context
5And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
6And 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.
7And 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.
8So 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.
9I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withholdenmânaʻto debar from benefit or injuryH4513 →
- harvestqâtsîyrseveredH7105 →
- monthschôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- piecechelqâhproperly, smoothnessH2513 →
- raingeshema showerH1653 →
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Here, I. God complains of his people's incorrigibleness under the judgments which he had brought upon them in order to their humiliation and reformation. He had by several tokens intimated to them his displeasure, with this design, that they might by repentance make their peace with him; but it had not that effect. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-13