Amós 4
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1 Escuchen esta palabra, vacas de Basán que están en el monte de Samaria, que oprimen a los débiles y aplastan a los necesitados, que dicen a sus señores: «Trae, y bebamos». 2 El Señor Jehová ha jurado por su santidad: «Miren, vienen días sobre ustedes en que las llevarán con garfios, y hasta a la última de ustedes con anzuelos de pesca. 3 Saldrán por las brechas, cada una derecho hacia delante, y se arrojarán hacia Harmón», declara Jehová. 4 «Vayan a Betel y transgredan; multipliquen las transgresiones en Gilgal. Traigan sus sacrificios cada mañana y sus diezmos cada tres días. 5 Quemen pan con levadura como ofrenda de gratitud; proclamen ofrendas voluntarias, denlas a conocer, porque eso es lo que aman, hijos de Israel —declara el Señor Jehová—. 6 Yo también los dejé a diente limpio en todas sus ciudades y sin pan en todos sus lugares; pero no volvieron a mí —declara Jehová—. 7 Yo también les retuve la lluvia cuando aún faltaban tres meses para la cosecha. Hice llover sobre una ciudad y sobre otra ciudad no hice llover; una parcela recibía lluvia, y la parcela sobre la que no llovía se secaba. 8 De dos o tres ciudades iban tambaleándose a una ciudad para beber agua y no se saciaban; pero no volvieron a mí —declara Jehová—. 9 Los herí con tizón y con añublo; la oruga devoró sus muchos huertos y viñedos, sus higueras y sus olivos; pero no volvieron a mí —declara Jehová—. 10 Envié entre ustedes una peste como la de Egipto; maté a espada a sus jóvenes mientras sus caballos eran llevados cautivos, e hice subir el hedor de sus campamentos hasta sus narices; pero no volvieron a mí —declara Jehová—. 11 Causé destrucción entre ustedes como Dios destruyó a Sodoma y a Gomorra, y fueron como un tizón rescatado del incendio; pero no volvieron a mí —declara Jehová—. 12 Por eso, así haré contigo, Israel; y porque esto haré contigo, prepárate para encontrarte con tu Dios, Israel». 13 Porque, miren, el que forma los montes y crea el viento, el que declara al hombre cuál es su pensamiento, el que convierte el amanecer en oscuridad y camina sobre las alturas de la tierra: Jehová, Dios de los ejércitos, es su nombre.
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Amós 4:1
Am 4:1-13. Denunciation of Israel's Nobles for Oppression; and of the Whole Nation for Idolatry; and for Their Being Unreformed Even by God's Judgments: Therefore They Must Prepare for the Last and Worst Judgment of All.
1. kine of Bashan--fat and wanton cattle such as the rich pasture of Bashan (east of Jordan, between Hermon and Gilead) was famed for (De 32:14; Psa 22:12; Eze 39:18). Figurative for those luxurious nobles mentioned, Am 3:9, 10, 12, 15. The feminine, kine, or cows, not bulls, expresses their effeminacy. This accounts for masculine forms in the Hebrew being intermixed with feminine; the latter being figurative, the former the real persons meant.
say to their masters--that is, to their king, with whom the princes indulged in potations (Ho 7:5), and whom here they importune for more wine. "Bring" is singular, in the Hebrew implying that one "master" alone is meant.
Amós 4:2
2. The Lord--the same Hebrew as "masters" (Am 4:1). Israel's nobles say to their master or lord, Bring us drink: but "the Lord" of him and them "hath sworn," &c.
by his holiness--which binds Him to punish the guilty (Psa 89:35).
he will take yon away--that is God by the instrumentality of the enemy.
with hooks--literally, "thorns" (compare 2Ch 33:11). As fish are taken out of the water by hooks, so the Israelites are to be taken out of their cities by the enemy (Eze 29:4; compare Job 41:1, 2; Jr 16:16; Ha 1:15). The image is the more appropriate, as anciently captives were led by their conquerors by a hook made to pass through the nose (2Ki 19:28), as is to be seen in the Assyrian remains.
Amós 4:3
3. go out at the breaches--namely, of the city walls broken by the enemy.
every cow at that which is before her--figurative for the once luxurious nobles (compare "kine of Bashan," Am 4:1) shall go out each one right before her; not through the gates, but each at the breach before him, not turning to the right or left, apart from one another.
ye shall cast them into the palace--"them," that is, "your posterity," from Am 4:2. You yourselves shall escape through the breaches, after having cast your little children into the palace, so as not to see their destruction, and to escape the more quickly. Rather, "ye shall cast yourselves into the palace," so as to escape from it out of the city [Calvin]. The palace, the scene of the princes' riots (Am 3:10, 15; 4:1), is to be the scene of their ignominious flight. Compare in the similar case of Jerusalem's capture, the king's escape by way of the palace, through a breach in the wall (Eze 12:5, 12). Gesenius translates, "Ye shall be cast (as captives) into the (enemy's) stronghold"; in this view, the enemy's stronghold is called "palace," in retributive contrast to the "palaces" of Israel's nobles, the store houses of their robberies (Am 3:10).
Amós 4:4
4. God gives them up to their self-willed idolatry, that they may see how unable their idols are to save them from their coming calamities. So Eze 20:39.
Beth-el--(Am 3:14).
Gilgal--(Ho 4:15; 9:15; 12:11).
sacrifices every morning--as commanded in the law (Nu 28:3, 4). They imitated the letter, while violating by calf-worship the spirit, of the Jerusalem temple-worship.
after three years--every third year; literally, "after three (years of) days" (that is, the fullest complement of days, or a year); "after three full years." Compare Le 25:20; Jud 17:10, and "the days" for the years, Joe 1:2. So a month of days is used for a full month, wanting no day to complete it (Ge 29:14, Margin; Nu 11:20, 21). The Israelites here also kept to the letter of the law in bringing in the tithes of their increase every third year (De 14:28; 26:12).
Amós 4:5
5. offer--literally, "burn incense"; that is, "offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with burnt incense and with leavened bread." The frankincense was laid on the meat offering, and taken by the priest from it to burn on the altar (Le 2:1, 2, 8-11). Though unleavened cakes were to accompany the peace offering sacrifice of animals, leavened bread was also commanded (Le 7:12, 13), but not as a "meat offering" (Le 2:11).
this liketh you--that is, this is what ye like.
Amós 4:6-11
6-11. Jehovah details His several chastisements inflicted with a view to reclaiming them: but adds to each the same sad result, "yet have ye not returned unto Me" (Is 9:13; Jr 5:3; Ho 7:10); the monotonous repetition of the same burden marking their pitiable obstinacy.
cleanness of teeth--explained by the parallel, "want of bread." The famine alluded to is that mentioned in 2Ki 8:1 [Grotius]. Where there is no food to masticate, the teeth are free from uncleanness, but it is the cleanness of want. Compare Pr 14:4, "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean." So spiritually, where all is outwardly smooth and clean, it is often because there is no solid religion. Better fighting and fears with real piety, than peace and respectable decorum without spiritual life.
Amós 4:12
12. Therefore--as all chastisements have failed to make thee "return unto Me."
thus will I do unto thee--as I have threatened (Am 4:2, 3).
prepare to meet thy God--God is about to inflict the last and worst judgment on thee, the extinction of thy nationality; consider then what preparation thou canst make for encountering Him as thy foe (Jr 46:14; Lu 14:31, 32). But as that would be madness to think of (Is 27:4; Eze 22:14; He 10:31), see what can be done towards mitigating the severity of the coming judgment, by penitence (Is 27:5; 1Co 11:31). This latter exhortation is followed up in Am 5:4, 6, 8, 14, 15.
Amós 4:13
13. The God whom Israel is to "prepare to meet" (Am 4:12) is here described in sublime terms.
wind--not as the Margin, "spirit." The God with whom thou hast to do is the Omnipotent Maker of things seen, such as the stupendous mountains, and of things too subtle to be seen, though of powerful agency, as the "wind."
declareth unto man ... his thought--(Psa 139:2). Ye think that your secret thoughts escape My cognizance, but I am the searcher of hearts.
maketh ... morning darkness--(Am 5:8; 8:9). Both literally turning the sunshine into darkness, and figuratively turning the prosperity of the ungodly into sudden adversity (Psa 73:12, 18, 19; compare Jr 13:16).
treadeth upon ... high places--God treadeth down the proud of the earth. He subjects to Him all things however high they be (Mi 1:3). Compare De 32:13; 33:29, where the same phrase is used of God's people, elevated by God above every other human height.
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