Amos 4:9
“I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew,.... "Blasting" is what we commonly call "blights", generally occasioned by…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
I have smitten you with blasting - Literally, “an exceeding scorching,” such as the hot east wind produced, and “an…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew - He sent blasting and mildew on the crops, and the locust on the gardens,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Amos 4:6-13
Here, I. God complains of his people's incorrigibleness under the judgments which he had brought upon them in order to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Blasting and mildew. The same two words in combination, Deu 28:22; 1Ki 8:37; Hag 2:17. Blasting(cf. Gen 41:6; Gen 41:23;…
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