Amos 4:7

Translations

Modern

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Traditional

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.

Literal

“Also I have withheld from you the rain while still were three months until the harvest. And I made it rain on one city, and on one city I did not send rain; the one portion was rained on, and the portion where it did not rain upon it withered.

Latin

Ego quoque prohibui a vobis imbrem, cum adhuc tres menses superessent usque ad messem: et plui super unam civitatem, et super alteram civitatem non plui; pars una compluta est, et pars super quam non plui, aruit.

Original

Hebrew

English

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Notes

Amos 4:6–11

God sent natural disasters to encourage his people to repent, but they did not respond sincerely. Amos ends each disaster account with the phrase: “yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Amos 3:1–5:17

Amos delivers three prophetic messages to Israel, criticizing their mistaken belief about being God's chosen people. The messages show a progression toward judgment.

Theme notes and profiles

Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility Spiritual Renewal in the Later Prophets

Events

Prophecies of Amosc. 788 BC

Related verses

Exodus 9:26
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
Exodus 10:23
No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
Exodus 9:4
But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
2 Chronicles 7:13–14
If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
Leviticus 26:23–24
And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
Leviticus 26:18–21
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
James 5:17
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Deuteronomy 11:17
…or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
Judges 6:37–40
…then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
Joel 2:23
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

Glossary

Book of Amos Education Famine Food and Food Preparation

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities of the Wicked: Impenitence is a Cause of Afflictions and Adversities: Obduracy In Blessing: Temporal, from God Famine: Caused by Want of Seasonable Rain Famine: Sent As a Judgment Judgments: Different Kinds of Famine Rain: Frequently Withheld on Account of Iniquity Rain: Withheld As Judgment The Afflictions of the Wicked: Impenitence is a Cause of The Harvest: Failure of Occasioned by Drought The Harvest: Former and Latter Rain Necessary to Abundance of

Amos 4:7

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