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Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Amos 4

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See Amos 4:1 in… The King James Bible Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 ! Against the gouernours of Samaria.

1 a Thus he calleth the princes and gouerners, which being ouerwhelmed with the great abundance of Gods benefites, forgate God, & therefore he calleth them by the name of beastes & not of men.

1 b They incourage suche as haue autoritie ouer the people, to powle them, so that they may haue profite by it.

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2 c He alludeth to fishers which catche fish by hokes and thornes.

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4 d He speaketh this in contempt of them which resorted to these places, thinking that their great deuocion and good intention had bene sufficient to haue bounde God vnto them.

4 e Read {Deut 14, 28}.

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5 f As {Leu. 7,13}.

5 g You onely delite in these outwarde ceremonies & haue none other respect.

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6 h That is, lacke of bread and meat.

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7 i I staied the raine til the frutes of the earth were destroyed with drought, & yet you wolde not consider it to returne to me by repentance.

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8 k Thei colde not find water ynough where they had heard say it had rained

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10 l As I plagued the Egyptians, {Exod. 9,10}.

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11 m You were almost all consumed, and a fewe of you wonderfully preserued, {2 King 14, 26}.

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12 n Turne to him by repentance.