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From Luxury to Panic
Commentators agree on the central image: a humiliating reversal of fortune. The wealthy elite, who lived like pampered cattle, will be reduced to a panicked herd fleeing through breaches in the city walls. As John Calvin highlights, they will abandon their luxurious palaces in a desperate, undignified scramble for survival, showing how swiftly God's judgment shatters human pride and security.
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Amos
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 4:3
18th Century
Theologian
Ye shall go out through the breaches - Samaria, the place of their ease and confidence, being broken through, they will go out one …
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 4:3
19th Century
Bishop
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John Calvin
On Amos 4:3
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet now expresses, in different words, what the future calamity of that kingdom would be; but he still speaks of the rich and the chief men…
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John Gill
On Amos 4:3
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall go out at the breaches
Not at the gates of the city, as they had used to do at pleasure; but at the br…
Matthew Henry
On Amos 4:1–5
17th Century
Minister
What is gained by extortion is commonly used to provide for the flesh and to fulfill its lusts. What is gained by oppression cannot be enjoyed with…