Amos 4:11

"“I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven’t returned to me,” says the LORD."

Key Reflection

Amos 4:11 paints a vivid picture for the Israelites of divine judgment, drawing parallels between their experiences and those of ancient Egypt during the plagues described in Exodus. The Lord sent various calamities, including military defeats (slaying young men with swords and carrying away horses), which would have been familiar to them as horrific memories of Egyptian oppression. By contrasting these events, Amos underscores God’s past wrath and warns that if Israel does not turn back to him now, similar dire consequences will follow.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I have overthrown some of you -The earthquake is probably reserved to the last, as being the rarest, and so the most special, visitation. Frequent as earthquakes have been on the borders of Palestine, the greater part of Palestine was not on the line, which was especially shaken by them. The line, chiefly visited by earthquakes, was along the coast of the Mediterranean or parallel to it, chiefly from Tyre to Antioch and Aleppo.

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