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I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up. <a href="/nlt/amos/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> “I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away. <a href="/esv/amos/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> “I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city; one field would have rain, and the field on which it did not rain would wither; <a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. <a href="/kjv/amos/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/amos/4.htm">New King James Version</a> “I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, And where it did not rain the part withered. <a href="/nasb_/amos/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, But on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up. <a href="/nasb/amos/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city And on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up. <a href="/nasb77/amos/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city And on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up. <a href="/lsb/amos/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “And I also withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, And on another city I would not send rain; One portion would be rained on, While the portion not rained on would dry up. <a href="/amp/amos/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you When there were still three months until the harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, And on another city I would not send rain; One piece of ground was rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up. <a href="/csb/amos/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I also withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. I sent rain on one city but no rain on another. One field received rain while a field with no rain withered. <a href="/hcsb/amos/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I also withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. I sent rain on one city but no rain on another. One field received rain while a field with no rain withered. <a href="/asv/amos/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> And I also 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. <a href="/cev/amos/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Three months before harvest, I kept back the rain. Sometimes I would let it fall on one town or field but not on another, and pastures dried up. <a href="/erv/amos/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> And I also 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. <a href="/gwt/amos/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I stopped the rain from falling three months before the harvest. I sent rain on one city and not on another. One field had rain. Another field had none and dried up. <a href="/gnt/amos/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> I kept it from raining when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one city, but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field dried up. <a href="/isv/amos/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> "I therefore have withheld the rain from you three months before the harvest, causing rain to come upon one city, but not upon another, and upon one field but not upon another, so that it would wither. <a href="/msb/amos/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. <a href="/net/amos/4.htm">NET Bible</a> "I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up. <a href="/nheb/amos/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it did not rain withered. <a href="/wbt/amos/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And also I 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 on which it rained not withered. <a href="/web/amos/4.htm">World English Bible</a> “I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One field was rained on, and the field where it didn’t rain withered. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “And I also—I have withheld from you the rain, "" While yet three months to harvest, "" And I have sent rain on one city, "" And on another city I do not send rain, "" One portion is rained on, "" And the portion on which it does not rain withers. <a href="/ylt/amos/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I also -- I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth. <a href="/slt/amos/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I withheld from you the rain in yet three months to harvest: and I caused to rain upon one city, and upon one city I will not cause to rain: and one portion shall be rained upon, and the portion which shall not be rained upon, it shall dry up.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I also 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 I rained not, withered. <a href="/cpdv/amos/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, I have withheld the rains from you, when there were still three months left until the harvest. And I rained on one city, and I did not rain on another city; one part was rained on, and the part on which I did not rain, dried out. <a href="/nabre/amos/4.htm">New American Bible</a> And I withheld the rain from you when the harvest was still three months away; I sent rain upon one city but not upon another; One field was watered by rain, but the one I did not water dried up; <a href="/nrsvce/amos/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And I also withheld the rain from you when there were still three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city; one field would be rained upon, and the field on which it did not rain withered;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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 part was rained upon, and the other part on which it did not rain withered. <a href="/hpbt/amos/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also I have restrained from you the early rain, three months of harvest, and I brought down rain on one city, and not upon another, and upon one part it rain shall descend, and the part upon which rain will not descend shall dry up<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And I also 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. <a href="/sep/amos/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Also I withheld from you the rain three months before the harvest: and I will rain upon one city, and on another city I will not rain: one part shall be rained upon, and the part on which I shall not rain shall be dried up. <a href="/parallel/amos/4-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=594" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Punishment Brings No Repentance</a> …6“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. 7<a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">“I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">also</a> <a href="/hebrew/4513.htm" title="4513: mā·na‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To withhold, hold back. A primitive root; to debar from benefit or injury.">withheld</a> <a href="/hebrew/1653.htm" title="1653: hag·ge·šem (Art:: N-ms) -- Rain, shower. From gasham; a shower.">the rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/mik·kem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">from you</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: laq·qā·ṣîr (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">when the harvest was</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lō·šāh (Number-ms) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">three</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ḥo·ḏā·šîm (N-mp) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">months</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: bə·‘ō·wḏ (Prep-b:: Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">away.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4305.htm" title="4305: wə·him·ṭar·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To rain. A primitive root; to rain.">I sent rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāṯ (Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but withheld</a> <a href="/hebrew/4305.htm" title="4305: ’am·ṭîr (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To rain. A primitive root; to rain.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’a·ḥaṯ (Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">another.</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’a·ḥaṯ (Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">One</a> <a href="/hebrew/2513.htm" title="2513: ḥel·qāh (N-fs) -- Smoothness, flattery, an allotment. Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment.">field</a> <a href="/hebrew/4305.htm" title="4305: tim·mā·ṭêr (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To rain. A primitive root; to rain.">received rain;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2513.htm" title="2513: wə·ḥel·qāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Smoothness, flattery, an allotment. Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment.">another</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/4305.htm" title="4305: ṯam·ṭîr (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To rain. A primitive root; to rain.">rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3001.htm" title="3001: tî·ḇāš (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To be dry, dried up, or withered. A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also to dry up or wither.">withered.</a> 8People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Deuteronomy 11:17</a> or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you. <a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a> Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!” <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a> This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: / “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. / The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. ... <a href="/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10-11</a> Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.” <a href="/zechariah/14-17.htm">Zechariah 14:17</a> And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them. <a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19-20</a> I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, / and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13</a> If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, <a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a> I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” <a href="/joel/1-16.htm">Joel 1:16-20</a> Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God? / The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away. / How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. ... <a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm">Ezekiel 22:24</a> “Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’ <a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a> that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. <a href="/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17-18</a> Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. <a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25</a> But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. <a href="/revelation/11-6.htm">Revelation 11:6</a> These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city: one piece was rained on, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.I have.<a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Leviticus 26:18-21,23,24,27,28</a> And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins… <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23,24</a> And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron… <a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">1 Kings 8:35,36</a> When 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 afflictest them: … when.<a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23</a> Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.<a href="/john/4-35.htm">John 4:35</a> Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.and I.<a href="/exodus/8-22.htm">Exodus 8:22</a> And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.<a href="/exodus/9-4.htm">Exodus 9:4,26</a> And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel… <a href="/exodus/10-23.htm">Exodus 10:23</a> They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.and the.<a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-18</a> The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Furthermore</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/daniel/4-29.htm">Months</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Piece</a> <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm">Rained</a> <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Three</a> <a href="/daniel/3-8.htm">Whereupon</a> <a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Withered</a> <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Withheld</a> <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Withholden</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/amos/4-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-5.htm">Furthermore</a> <a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm">Months</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-19.htm">Piece</a> <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Rained</a> <a href="/amos/4-8.htm">Three</a> <a href="/matthew/8-32.htm">Whereupon</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Withered</a> <a href="/haggai/1-10.htm">Withheld</a> <a href="/genesis/11-6.htm">Withholden</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 4</div>1. <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">He reproves Israel for oppression,</a> 4. <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">for idolatry,</a> 6. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">and for their incorrigibleness.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. In the agricultural society of ancient Israel, rain was crucial for the success of crops. The timing of rain was particularly important, with the early rains in autumn and the latter rains in spring being essential for a good harvest. Withholding rain three months before the harvest would have been devastating, as it would prevent the crops from maturing properly. This act of withholding rain is a demonstration of God's control over nature and His ability to use it as a tool for judgment. In the broader biblical context, drought is often a sign of divine displeasure (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23-24</a>). This phrase highlights the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience brought blessings and disobedience brought curses.I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. This selective distribution of rain underscores God's sovereignty and His ability to bless or curse specific areas according to His will. It serves as a tangible sign of God's direct involvement in the affairs of His people. The differentiation between cities also emphasizes the personal nature of God's judgment, as He deals with communities based on their actions and relationship with Him. This selective blessing and cursing can be seen as a call to repentance, urging those who experience drought to turn back to God. The concept of God controlling rain is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/1_kings/17.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a>, where Elijah declares a drought as a judgment from God.One field received rain; another without rain withered. This phrase illustrates the stark contrast between blessing and judgment. The field that received rain thrived, symbolizing the life and prosperity that come from God's favor. In contrast, the field without rain withered, representing the desolation and hardship that result from God's judgment. This imagery is powerful in an agrarian context, where the health of the land directly impacts the survival of the people. The withering of the field can also be seen as a metaphor for spiritual barrenness, where a lack of divine blessing leads to spiritual decay. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of the vine and branches in <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5-6</a>, emphasizing the necessity of remaining in Him to bear fruit.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from Tekoa, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often characterized by idolatry and social injustice during Amos's time. 3. <a href="/topical/r/rain_withholding.htm">Rain withholding</a> A divine act of judgment and a call to repentance, demonstrating God's control over nature and His desire for Israel to return to Him. 4. <a href="/topical/c/cities_and_fields.htm">Cities and fields</a> Represent the selective nature of God's judgment, emphasizing His sovereignty and the consequences of disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/h/harvest_time.htm">Harvest time</a> A critical period for agricultural societies, highlighting the severity of God's judgment in withholding rain.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nature.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nature</a> God controls the elements and uses them to communicate with His people. Recognize His authority in all aspects of life. <a href="/topical/t/the_purpose_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Purpose of Divine Judgment</a> God's judgments are not arbitrary but are intended to lead His people to repentance. Reflect on areas in life where God might be calling for change. <a href="/topical/s/selective_blessings_and_judgments.htm">Selective Blessings and Judgments</a> God's selective rain illustrates His personal involvement in our lives. Consider how God might be working uniquely in your circumstances. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a> The withholding of rain was a call to repentance. Evaluate your life for areas needing repentance and realignment with God's will. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_provision.htm">Dependence on God for Provision</a> The agricultural context reminds us of our dependence on God for provision. Cultivate a heart of gratitude and trust in God's provision.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 4</a> <a href="/q/can_drought_hit_one_city,_spare_another.htm">Amos 4:7–8 – How could drought selectively strike one city while sparing another, and is there any scientific basis for this claim? </a> <a href="/q/what_symbols_show_themes_in_amos.htm">What symbols convey themes in the Book of Amos?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'god's_word_is_pure'_mean.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'fields are white for harvest'?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_drought_in_jeremiah_14_1-6.htm">Jeremiah 14:1–6: Does any historical or archeological evidence confirm or challenge the account of a severe drought at that time? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7, 8) Three months to the harvest.--The withdrawal of rain at this period (February and March) is at the present day most calamitous to the crops in Palestine.Caused it to rain . . .--The tenses should be regarded as expressing repetition of the act, and might be, with advantage, rendered as present cause it to rain . . . is rained upon, &c. The inhabitants of the most suffering districts wander, distracted and weary, to a more favoured city, and find no sufficiency. Comp. the graphic description in <a href="/context/jeremiah/14-1.htm" title="The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a>. Moreover, the specialties of affliction, in particular localities. reveal the purpose of God rather than the operation of universal laws.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - The second punishment is drought, as predicted (<a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19</a>, etc.; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23</a>). When there were yet three months to the harvest, and when rain was most necessary to swell the grain. The season meant is in February and March, when what was called "the latter rain" fell. In the south of Palestine the harvest commenced at the end of April, but in the northern parts it was some weeks later, so that it might be said in round numbers that it took place three months after the latter rain. I caused it to rain upon one city. That they might not attribute this drought to the blind laws of nature, God caused it to be of a partial character, giving rain to one city while he withheld it from another. One piece. The portion of ground belonging to an individual is so called (<a href="/deuteronomy/33-21.htm">Deuteronomy 33:21</a>; <a href="/ruth/2-3.htm">Ruth 2:3</a>; <a href="/ruth/4-3.htm">Ruth 4:3</a>). <a href="/commentaries/amos/4-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“I אָנֹכִי֩ (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I also וְגַ֣ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and withheld מָנַ֨עְתִּי (mā·na‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4513.htm">Strong's 4513: </a> To debar, from benefit, injury the rain הַגֶּ֗שֶׁם (hag·ge·šem) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1653.htm">Strong's 1653: </a> Rain, shower from you מִכֶּ֜ם (mik·kem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of when the harvest was לַקָּצִ֔יר (laq·qā·ṣîr) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb three שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה (šə·lō·šāh) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> Three, third, thrice months חֳדָשִׁים֙ (ḥo·ḏā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month away. בְּע֨וֹד (bə·‘ō·wḏ) Preposition-b | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more I sent rain וְהִמְטַרְתִּי֙ (wə·him·ṭar·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4305.htm">Strong's 4305: </a> To rain on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against one אֶחָ֔ת (’e·ḥāṯ) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first city עִ֣יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement but withheld לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no [it] אַמְטִ֑יר (’am·ṭîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4305.htm">Strong's 4305: </a> To rain from וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against another. אַחַ֖ת (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first One אַחַת֙ (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first field חֶלְקָ֤ה (ḥel·qāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2513.htm">Strong's 2513: </a> Smoothness, flattery, an allotment received rain תִּמָּטֵ֔ר (tim·mā·ṭêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4305.htm">Strong's 4305: </a> To rain while [one] וְחֶלְקָ֛ה (wə·ḥel·qāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2513.htm">Strong's 2513: </a> Smoothness, flattery, an allotment without לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no rain תַמְטִ֥יר (ṯam·ṭîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4305.htm">Strong's 4305: </a> To rain withered. תִּיבָֽשׁ׃ (tî·ḇāš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3001.htm">Strong's 3001: </a> To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 4:7 I also have withheld the rain (Amo. 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