1.
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
ye kine: By the "kine of Bashan," some understand the proud, luxurious matrons of Israel; but it is probable the prophet speaks catachrestically, and means the wealthy, effeminate, and profligate rulers and nobles of Samaria. Deuteronomy 32:14, Deuteronomy 32:15, Psalms 22:12, Jeremiah 50:11, Jeremiah 50:27, Ezekiel 39:18
the mountain: Amos 6:1, 1 Kings 16:24
which oppress: Amos 2:6, Amos 2:7, Amos 3:9, Amos 3:10, Amos 5:11, Amos 8:4-6, Exodus 22:21-25, Deuteronomy 15:9-11, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 140:12, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 23:10, Proverbs 23:11, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 1:17-24, Isaiah 5:8, Isaiah 58:6, Jeremiah 5:26-29, Jeremiah 6:6, Jeremiah 7:6, Ezekiel 22:7, Ezekiel 22:12, Ezekiel 22:27, Ezekiel 22:29, Micah 2:1-3, Micah 3:1-3, Zechariah 7:10, Zechariah 7:11, Malachi 3:5, James 5:1-6
crush: Deuteronomy 28:33, Job 20:19,*marg. Jeremiah 51:34
Bring: Amos 2:8, Joel 3:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:9 - and I have Numbers 21:33 - Bashan Deuteronomy 24:14 - General 2 Kings 18:10 - they took it Proverbs 22:7 - rich Proverbs 28:16 - prince Proverbs 30:14 - to devour Isaiah 3:5 - the people Isaiah 3:14 - ye have eaten Isaiah 5:17 - the waste Jeremiah 5:5 - get me Jeremiah 5:28 - waxen Jeremiah 17:20 - General Ezekiel 18:12 - oppressed Ezekiel 34:16 - but I Hosea 12:7 - he loveth Hosea 13:16 - Samaria Joel 1:2 - Hear Zephaniah 3:1 - to the Luke 6:24 - woe James 2:6 - Do
2.
The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
Psalms 89:35
hath sworn: Amos 6:8
he will: Isaiah 37:29, Jeremiah 16:16, Ezekiel 39:4, Ezekiel 39:5, Habakkuk 1:15, Habakkuk 1:16
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:28 - I will put Psalms 60:6 - God Psalms 108:7 - spoken Ezekiel 29:4 - I will put Ezekiel 30:9 - lo Amos 4:12 - thus
3.
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
ye shall go: 2 Kings 25:4, Ezekiel 12:5, Ezekiel 12:12
them into the palace: or, away the things of the palace, 2 Kings 7:7, 2 Kings 7:8, 2 Kings 7:15, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 31:7, Zephaniah 1:18, Matthew 16:26
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 49:5 - ye shall Amos 4:12 - thus
4.
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
Come: A bitter irony and sarcasm, addressed to the idolatrous Israelites. Amos 3:14, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ezekiel 20:39, Joel 3:9-12, Matthew 23:32, Matthew 26:45, Mark 14:41
at Gilgal: Amos 5:5, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 9:15, Hosea 12:11
and bring: Numbers 28:3, Numbers 28:4
and your: Deuteronomy 14:28, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 26:12
three years: Heb. three years of days
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:20 - tithes Joshua 4:19 - Gilgal 1 Kings 18:27 - Elijah 2 Kings 2:23 - Bethel 2 Kings 23:4 - Bethel 1 Chronicles 16:40 - To offer 2 Chronicles 6:26 - there is no rain 2 Chronicles 18:14 - Go ye up Isaiah 29:1 - add Isaiah 50:11 - walk Ezekiel 23:19 - multiplied Hosea 9:4 - neither Amos 5:22 - peace offerings
5.
And 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.
offer a sacrifice: Heb. offer by burning, Leviticus 7:12, Leviticus 7:13, Leviticus 23:17
proclaim: Leviticus 22:18-21, Deuteronomy 12:6, Deuteronomy 12:7, Matthew 6:2
for: Psalms 81:12, Matthew 15:9, Matthew 15:13, Matthew 15:14, Matthew 23:23, Romans 1:28, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
this liketh you: Heb. so ye love, Hosea 9:1, Hosea 9:10
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:8 - unleavened Leviticus 22:29 - General 1 Kings 18:27 - Elijah 2 Chronicles 18:14 - Go ye up Isaiah 29:1 - add Isaiah 50:11 - walk Ezekiel 20:39 - Go ye Hosea 9:2 - floor Hosea 9:4 - neither Amos 5:22 - peace offerings
6.
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: From want of food, occasioned by severe famine.
and want: Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:38, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:2, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Kings 6:25-29, 2 Kings 8:1, Ezekiel 16:27
yet: Amos 4:8, Amos 4:9, 2 Chronicles 28:22, Isaiah 9:13, Isaiah 26:11, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 8:5-7, Hosea 5:15, Hosea 6:1, Hosea 7:14-16, Joel 2:12-14, Haggai 2:17, Zechariah 1:3-6, Revelation 2:21, Revelation 9:20, Revelation 9:21, Revelation 16:10, Revelation 16:11
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:23 - General Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the field Ruth 1:1 - a famine Job 1:18 - there came Proverbs 14:4 - clean Isaiah 19:22 - they shall Ezekiel 14:21 - my four Ezekiel 24:13 - because Hosea 5:2 - a rebuker Hosea 7:10 - and they Hosea 9:2 - floor Hosea 11:5 - because Joel 1:16 - the meat Amos 4:10 - yet Amos 4:11 - yet Micah 6:9 - hear Habakkuk 3:17 - the fig tree Haggai 1:6 - have Acts 12:20 - because Revelation 16:9 - to give
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.
I have: Leviticus 26:18-21, Leviticus 26:23, Leviticus 26:24, Leviticus 26:27, Leviticus 26:28, Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 28:24, 1 Kings 8:35, 1 Kings 8:36, 2 Chronicles 7:13, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Isaiah 5:6, Jeremiah 3:3, Jeremiah 5:24, Jeremiah 5:25, Jeremiah 14:4, Jeremiah 14:22, Haggai 1:10, Haggai 1:11, Zechariah 14:17, James 5:17, Revelation 11:6
when: Joel 2:23, John 4:35
and I: Exodus 8:22, Exodus 9:4, Exodus 9:26, Exodus 10:23, Judges 6:37-40, 1 Corinthians 4:7
and the: Joel 1:10-18
Reciprocal: Genesis 7:4 - For Exodus 7:23 - neither Leviticus 26:4 - Then I Deuteronomy 11:17 - shut up 1 Kings 18:1 - I will send rain Job 5:10 - giveth Job 28:26 - he made Job 37:12 - it Job 38:28 - Hath the Psalms 107:33 - watersprings Isaiah 30:23 - shall he Joel 1:16 - the meat Amos 1:2 - the habitations Zechariah 10:1 - rain in John 19:13 - and sat
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.
two: 1 Kings 18:5, Isaiah 41:17, Isaiah 41:18, Jeremiah 14:3
but: Ezekiel 4:16, Micah 6:14, Haggai 1:6
yet: Amos 4:6, Amos 4:9-11, Jeremiah 23:14, Hosea 7:10
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:4 - Then I Psalms 107:33 - watersprings Isaiah 30:23 - shall he Hosea 11:5 - because Amos 1:2 - the habitations Haggai 2:17 - yet Zechariah 14:17 - even
9.
I 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.
with: Deuteronomy 28:22, 1 Kings 8:37, 2 Chronicles 6:28, Haggai 2:17
when: etc. or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmer worm, etc
the palmerworm: Amos 7:1, Amos 7:2, Deuteronomy 28:42, Joel 1:4, Joel 2:25
yet: Amos 4:6, Amos 4:8, Job 36:8-13, Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 42:24, Isaiah 42:25, Jeremiah 5:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 9:31 - the barley Deuteronomy 28:38 - for the locust Malachi 3:11 - rebuke
10.
I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
pestilence: Exodus 9:3-6, Exodus 12:29, Exodus 12:30, Exodus 15:26, Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:25, Deuteronomy 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:22, Deuteronomy 28:27, Deuteronomy 28:60, Psalms 78:49, Psalms 78:50
after the manner: or, in the way
your young: Leviticus 26:25, 2 Kings 8:12, 2 Kings 10:32, Jeremiah 6:11, Jeremiah 11:22, Jeremiah 18:21, Jeremiah 48:15
and have taken away your horses: Heb. with the captivity of your horses, 2 Kings 13:3, 2 Kings 13:7
the stink: Amos 8:3, Deuteronomy 28:26, Jeremiah 8:1, Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 9:22, Jeremiah 15:3, Jeremiah 16:4, Joel 2:20
yet: Amos 4:6, Exodus 8:19, Exodus 9:12, Exodus 9:17, Exodus 9:34, Exodus 9:35, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:27, Exodus 14:4
Reciprocal: Exodus 11:4 - About Jeremiah 15:7 - since Jeremiah 49:26 - General Lamentations 2:21 - my virgins Ezekiel 14:19 - if I Zephaniah 1:17 - and their blood
11.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
as God: Genesis 19:24, Genesis 19:25, Isaiah 13:19, Jeremiah 49:18, Hosea 11:8, 2 Peter 2:6, Jude 1:7
as a: Zechariah 3:2, 1 Corinthians 3:15, Jude 1:23
yet: Amos 4:6, Jeremiah 6:28-30, Ezekiel 22:17-22, Ezekiel 24:13, Revelation 9:20
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 21:18 - will not Deuteronomy 28:24 - make the rain Deuteronomy 29:23 - like the Psalms 18:8 - fire Proverbs 21:12 - overthroweth Isaiah 1:9 - we should Isaiah 7:4 - the two tails Jeremiah 20:16 - as Jeremiah 50:40 - General Ezekiel 15:4 - the fire Ezekiel 16:50 - therefore Amos 7:4 - called Luke 17:29 - General Romans 9:29 - we had been Revelation 11:8 - Sodom
12.
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
thus: Amos 4:2, Amos 4:3, Amos 2:14, Amos 9:1-4
prepare: Amos 5:4-15, Isaiah 47:3, Ezekiel 13:5, Ezekiel 22:30, Hosea 13:8, Matthew 5:25, Matthew 24:44-51, Matthew 25:1-13, Mark 13:32-37, Luke 14:31, Luke 14:32, Luke 21:3-36, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4, James 4:1-10, Revelation 3:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 19:15 - Be ready Deuteronomy 21:18 - will not Ezekiel 38:7 - General Matthew 25:6 - go Luke 1:17 - to make
13.
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
he that: This is a most powerful description of the majesty of Jehovah, the God of hosts. Job 38:4-11, Psalms 65:6, Isaiah 40:12, Zechariah 12:1
and createth: Psalms 135:7, Psalms 147:18, Jeremiah 10:13, Jeremiah 51:16
wind: or, spirit, John 3:8
and declareth: Psalms 139:2, Daniel 2:28, Matthew 9:4, Luke 7:39, Luke 7:40, John 2:25
that maketh: Amos 5:8, Amos 8:9, Exodus 10:22, Exodus 14:20, Isaiah 5:30, Jeremiah 13:16
and treadeth: Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 33:29, Micah 1:3, Habakkuk 3:19
The Lord: Amos 3:13, Amos 5:8, Amos 6:8, Amos 9:6, Isaiah 47:4, Isaiah 48:2, Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 51:19
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:10 - blow Job 9:7 - commandeth Job 38:19 - darkness Psalms 135:6 - Whatsoever Psalms 148:8 - stormy Isaiah 45:7 - create darkness Ezekiel 7:7 - morning Daniel 2:29 - he that Joel 2:2 - as Amos 5:27 - whose Jonah 1:4 - the Lord Matthew 12:25 - Jesus