Amos 4 in the early church
48 passages quote, allude to, or echo Amos 4, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos 4:1 | Letter 53.8 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Amos 4:7
“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.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos 4:7 | To Demetrian 6 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 252–253 |
| Amos 4:7 | On the Decrees of Nicaea 7 · Athanasius of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 350–356 |
| Amos 4:7–9 | Oration 16.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Amos 4:7 | Homilies 8.2 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 363-378 |
Amos 4:8
People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos 4:8 | To Demetrian 6 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 252–253 |
| Amos 4:8 | Homilies 8.2 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 363-378 |
Amos 4:9
“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos 4:9 | Demonstration 19.5 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
Amos 4:10
“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos 4:10 | Oration 16.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Amos 4:11
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos 4:11 | The Instructor 1.8.69 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Amos 4:11 | The Instructor 1.8.70 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Amos 4:11 | On the Trinity 18 · Novatian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–250 |
| Amos 4:11 | Prophetic Extracts 3.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Amos 4:11 | Demonstration of the Gospel 5.23.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Amos 4:11 | Demonstration of the Gospel 5.23.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Amos 4:11 | Demonstration of the Gospel 5.23.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Amos 4:11 | Demonstration 19.5 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Amos 4:11 | The Conferences 6.11 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Amos 4:12
“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos 4:12 | Prophetic Extracts 3.14 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Amos 4:12–13 | Demonstration of the Gospel 4.16.30 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Amos 4:12–13 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.2.10 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Amos 4:12–13 | On the Holy Spirit 14 · Didymus the Blind | quotation, high confidence | Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391 |
| Amos 4:12 | City of God 18.28 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
Amos 4:13
For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”