Amos 4:7
And I also have withheld 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 upon which it
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Exodus 8:22And in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, to the end thou may know that I am LORD in the midst of the earth.
Exodus 9:26Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail.
Leviticus 26:18And if for these things ye will not yet hearken to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:27And if for all this ye will not hearken to me, but walk contrary to me,
Deuteronomy 28:23And thy sky that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
1 Kings 8:35When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain because they have sinned against thee, if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin when thou afflict them,
Matthew Henry on Amos 4:7-13
Incorrigibleness of Israel; Judgments Called to Remembrance; Greater Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 790.) 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord . 7 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. 8… Read the whole commentary →