Amos 4:7
And also I have withheld the geshem from you, 1 when there were yet shloshah chodashim to the harvest; 1 and I caused it to rain upon one town, 1 and caused it not to rain upon another town; 1 one chelek (part) was rained upon, 1 and the chelek, whereupon it rained not, withered. 1
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Exodus 8:22And Moshe said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the to'avot Egyptians to Hashem Eloheinu; lo, shall we sacrifice the to'avot Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
Exodus 9:26Only in Eretz Goshen, where the Bnei Yisroel were, was there no barad.
Leviticus 26:18And if ye will not yet for all this pay heed unto Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your chattot.
Leviticus 26:27And if ye will not for all this pay heed unto Me, but walk b'keri (contrary, hostile) unto Me,
Deuteronomy 28:23And thy Shomayim that is over thy head shall be nechoshet, and Ha'Aretz that is under thee shall be barzel.
1 Kings 8:35When Shomayim is shut up, and there is no matar (rain), because they have sinned against Thee; if they daven toward this Makom, and confess Thy Shem, and turn from their chattat, when Thou afflictest 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 →