Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
God gives them up to their self-willed idolatry, that they may see how unable their idols are to save them from their coming calamities. So Ezekiel 20:39.
Beth-el— (Amos 3:14).
Gilgal— (Hosea 4:15; Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:11).
sacrifices every morning—as commanded in the law (Numbers 28:3-4). They imitated the letter, while violating by calf-worship the spirit, of the Jerusalem temple-worship.
after three years—every third year; literally, "after three (years of) days" (that is, the fullest complement of days, or a year); "after three full years." Compare Leviticus 25:20; Judges 17:10, and "the days" for the years, Joel 1:2. So a month of days is used for a full month, wanting no day to complete it (Genesis 29:14, Margin; Numbers 11:20-21). The Israelites here also kept to the letter of the law in bringing in the tithes of their increase every third year (Deuteronomy 14:28; Deuteronomy 26:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 4:4:
1 Kings 12:26-32
Hosea 4:15
Amos 4:1
Amos 5:5
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