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Selected Verse: Amos 4:10 - Strong Concordance
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| Am 4:10 |
Strong Concordance |
I have sent [07971] among you the pestilence [01698] after the manner [01870] of Egypt [04714]: your young men [0970] have I slain [02026] with the sword [02719], and have taken away [07628] your horses [05483]; and I have made the stink [0889] of your camps [04264] to come up [05927] unto your nostrils [0639]: yet have ye not returned [07725] unto me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
pestilence after the manner of Egypt--such as I formerly sent on the Egyptians (Exo 9:3, Exo 9:8, &c.; Exo 12:29; Deu 28:27, Deu 28:60). Compare the same phrase, Isa 10:24.
have taken away your horses--literally, "accompanied with the captivity of your horses"; I have given up your young men to be slain, and their horses to be taken by the foe (compare Kg2 13:7).
stink of your camps--that is, of your slain men (compare Isa 34:3; Joe 2:20).
to come up unto your nostrils--The Hebrew is more emphatic, "to come up, and that unto your nostrils." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt - that is, after the way in which God had dealt with Egypt . God had twice promised, when the memory of the plagues which He sent on Egypt was still fresh "if thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God - I will put none of the diseases upon thee which I have brought upon the Egyptians" Exo 15:26; Deu 7:15. Contrariwise, God had forewarned them in that same prophecy of Moses, that, if they disobeyed Him, "He will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt which thou was afraid of, and they shall cleave unto thee" (Deu 28:60, add Deu 28:27). Egypt was, at times, subject to great visitations of the plague ; it is said to be its birthplace . Palestine was by nature healthy. Hence, and on account of the terribleness of the scourge, God so often speaks of it, as of His own special sending. He had threatened in the law; "I will sold a pestilence upon you" Lev 26:25; "the Lord thy God will make the pestilence cleave unto you" Deu 28:21. Jeremiah says to the false prophet Hananiah; "The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries and against great kingdoms, of war and of evil and of pestilence" Jer 28:8. Amos bears witness that those visitations came. Jeremiah Jer 14:12; Jer 29:17-18; Jer 34:17 and Ezekiel (Eze 5:12; Eze 6:11, etc.) prophesied them anew, together with the sword and with famine. Israel, having sinned like Egypt, was to be punished like Egypt.
And have taken away your horses - Literally, as English margin. "with the captivity of your horses." After famine, drought, locust, pestilence, followed that worst scourge of all, that through man. The possessions of the plain of Jezreel, so well suited for cavalry, probably induced israel to break in this respect the law of Moses. Hazael "left to Jehoahaz but 50 horsemen and 10 chariots and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing." Their armies, instead of being a defense, lay unburied on the ground, a fresh source of pestilence. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Your horses - The riders being killed. The stink - So great slaughter hath been made in your camp that there were not sufficient to bury the slain. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I have sent - the pestilence - After the blasting and the mildew, the pestilence came; and it acted among them as one of the plagues of Egypt. Besides this, he had suffered their enemies to attack and prevail against them; alluding to the time in which the Syrians besieged Samaria, and reduced it to the most extreme necessity, when the head of an ass was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five; and mothers ate the flesh of their children that had died through hunger, Kg2 6:25. And the people were miraculously relieved by the total slaughter of the Syrians by the unseen hand of God, Kg2 7:1, etc. And yet, after all those signal judgments, and singular mercies, "they did not return unto the Lord!" |
20 But I will remove far off [07368] from you the northern [06830] army, and will drive [05080] him into a land [0776] barren [06723] and desolate [08077], with his face [06440] toward the east [06931] sea [03220], and his hinder part [05490] toward the utmost [0314] sea [03220], and his stink [0889] shall come up [05927], and his ill savour [06709] shall come up [05927], because he hath done [06213] great things [01431].
3 Their slain [02491] also shall be cast out [07993], and their stink [0889] shall come up [05927] out of their carcases [06297], and the mountains [02022] shall be melted [04549] with their blood [01818].
7 Neither did he leave [07604] of the people [05971] to Jehoahaz [03059] but fifty [02572] horsemen [06571], and ten [06235] chariots [07393], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] footmen [07273]; for the king [04428] of Syria [0758] had destroyed [06] them, and had made [07760] them like the dust [06083] by threshing [01758].
24 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] of hosts [06635], O my people [05971] that dwellest [03427] in Zion [06726], be not afraid [03372] of the Assyrian [0804]: he shall smite [05221] thee with a rod [07626], and shall lift up [05375] his staff [04294] against thee, after the manner [01870] of Egypt [04714].
60 Moreover he will bring [07725] upon thee all the diseases [04064] of Egypt [04714], which thou wast afraid [03025] of [06440]; and they shall cleave [01692] unto thee.
27 The LORD [03068] will smite [05221] thee with the botch [07822] of Egypt [04714], and with the emerods [02914] [06076], and with the scab [01618], and with the itch [02775], whereof thou canst [03201] not be healed [07495].
29 And it came to pass, that at midnight [02677] [03915] the LORD [03068] smote [05221] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], from the firstborn [01060] of Pharaoh [06547] that sat [03427] on his throne [03678] unto the firstborn [01060] of the captive [07628] that was in the dungeon [01004] [0953]; and all the firstborn [01060] of cattle [0929].
8 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872] and unto Aaron [0175], Take [03947] to you handfuls [02651] [04393] of ashes [06368] of the furnace [03536], and let Moses [04872] sprinkle [02236] it toward the heaven [08064] in the sight [05869] of Pharaoh [06547].
3 Behold, the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] is [01961] upon thy cattle [04735] which is in the field [07704], upon the horses [05483], upon the asses [02543], upon the camels [01581], upon the oxen [01241], and upon the sheep [06629]: there shall be a very [03966] grievous [03515] murrain [01698].
11 Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Smite [05221] with thine hand [03709], and stamp [07554] with thy foot [07272], and say [0559], Alas [0253] for all the evil [07451] abominations [08441] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478]! for they shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698].
12 A third part [07992] of thee shall die [04191] with the pestilence [01698], and with famine [07458] shall they be consumed [03615] in the midst [08432] of thee: and a third part [07992] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719] round about [05439] thee; and I will scatter [02219] a third part [07992] into all the winds [07307], and I will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] them.
17 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Ye have not hearkened [08085] unto me, in proclaiming [07121] liberty [01865], every one [0376] to his brother [0251], and every man [0376] to his neighbour [07453]: behold, I proclaim [07121] a liberty [01865] for you, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], to the sword [02719], to the pestilence [01698], and to the famine [07458]; and I will make [05414] you to be removed [02189] [02113] into all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776].
17 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Behold, I will send [07971] upon them the sword [02719], the famine [07458], and the pestilence [01698], and will make [05414] them like vile [08182] figs [08384], that cannot be eaten [0398], they are so evil [07455].
18 And I will persecute [07291] them [0310] with the sword [02719], with the famine [07458], and with the pestilence [01698], and will deliver [05414] them to be removed [02189] [02113] to all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776], to be a curse [0423], and an astonishment [08047], and an hissing [08322], and a reproach [02781], among all the nations [01471] whither I have driven [05080] them:
12 When they fast [06684], I will not hear [08085] their cry [07440]; and when they offer [05927] burnt offering [05930] and an oblation [04503], I will not accept [07521] them: but I will consume [03615] them by the sword [02719], and by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698].
8 The prophets [05030] that have been before [06440] me and before [06440] thee of old [05769] prophesied [05012] both against many [07227] countries [0776], and against great [01419] kingdoms [04467], of war [04421], and of evil [07451], and of pestilence [01698].
21 The LORD [03068] shall make the pestilence [01698] cleave [01692] unto thee, until he have consumed [03615] thee from off the land [0127], whither thou goest [0935] to possess [03423] it.
25 And I will bring [0935] a sword [02719] upon you, that shall avenge [05358] the quarrel [05359] of my covenant [01285]: and when ye are gathered together [0622] within [0413] your cities [05892], I will send [07971] the pestilence [01698] among [08432] you; and ye shall be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the enemy [0341].
27 The LORD [03068] will smite [05221] thee with the botch [07822] of Egypt [04714], and with the emerods [02914] [06076], and with the scab [01618], and with the itch [02775], whereof thou canst [03201] not be healed [07495].
60 Moreover he will bring [07725] upon thee all the diseases [04064] of Egypt [04714], which thou wast afraid [03025] of [06440]; and they shall cleave [01692] unto thee.
15 And the LORD [03068] will take away [05493] from thee all sickness [02483], and will put [07760] none of the evil [07451] diseases [04064] of Egypt [04714], which thou knowest [03045], upon thee; but will lay [05414] them upon all them that hate [08130] thee.
26 And said [0559], If thou wilt diligently [08085] hearken [08085] to the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and wilt do [06213] that which is right [03477] in his sight [05869], and wilt give ear [0238] to his commandments [04687], and keep [08104] all his statutes [02706], I will put [07760] none of these diseases [04245] upon thee, which I have brought [07760] upon the Egyptians [04714]: for I am the LORD [03068] that healeth [07495] thee.
1 Then Elisha [0477] said [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], To morrow [04279] about this time [06256] shall a measure [05429] of fine flour [05560] be sold for a shekel [08255], and two measures [05429] of barley [08184] for a shekel [08255], in the gate [08179] of Samaria [08111].
25 And there was a great [01419] famine [07458] in Samaria [08111]: and, behold, they besieged [06696] it, until an ass's [02543] head [07218] was sold for fourscore [08084] pieces of silver [03701], and the fourth part [07255] of a cab [06894] of dove's dung [01686] [03123] [02755] for five [02568] pieces of silver [03701].