2The 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.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-5)It is here foretold, in the name of God, that oppressors shall be humbled and idolaters shall be hardened. I. That proud oppressors shall be humbled for their oppressions: for he that does wrong shall receive according to the wrong that he has done . Now observe, 1. How their sin is described, Amos 4:1. They are compared to the kine of Bashan , which were a breed of cattle very large and strong, e...
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