Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 4:7

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 4:7 - 4:7

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 4:7 - 4:7

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4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:9 - 4:9
4:10 - 4:10
4:11 - 4:11
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13

withholden ... rain ... three months to ... harvest - the time when rain was most needed, and when usually “the latter rain” fell, namely, in spring, the latter half of February, and the whole of March and April (Hos 6:3; Joe 2:23). The drought meant is that mentioned in 1Ki 17:1 [Grotius].

rain upon one city ... not ... upon another - Any rain that fell was only partial.