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.”

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Amos 4:1Letter 53.8 · Jeromeallusion, high confidenceca. 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.

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Amos 4:7To Demetrian 6 · Cyprian of Carthagequotation, high confidence252–253
Amos 4:7On the Decrees of Nicaea 7 · Athanasius of Alexandriaallusion, high confidenceca. 350–356
Amos 4:7–9Oration 16.10 · Gregory of Nazianzusquotation, high confidenceca. 362–383
Amos 4:7Homilies 8.2 · Basil of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 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.

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Amos 4:8To Demetrian 6 · Cyprian of Carthagequotation, high confidence252–253
Amos 4:8Homilies 8.2 · Basil of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 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.

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Amos 4:9Demonstration 19.5 · Aphrahatquotation, high confidence337-345

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.

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Amos 4:10Oration 16.10 · Gregory of Nazianzusquotation, high confidenceca. 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.

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Amos 4:11The Instructor 1.8.69 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Amos 4:11The Instructor 1.8.70 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Amos 4:11On the Trinity 18 · Novatianquotation, high confidenceca. 240–250
Amos 4:11Prophetic Extracts 3.13 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidencebefore 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Amos 4:11Demonstration of the Gospel 5.23.1 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Amos 4:11Demonstration of the Gospel 5.23.2 · Eusebius of Caesareaallusion, high confidenceca. 314–324
Amos 4:11Demonstration of the Gospel 5.23.3 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Amos 4:11Demonstration 19.5 · Aphrahatquotation, high confidence337-345
Amos 4:11The Conferences 6.11 · John Cassianquotation, high confidenceca. 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!

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Amos 4:12Prophetic Extracts 3.14 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidencebefore 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Amos 4:12–13Demonstration of the Gospel 4.16.30 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Amos 4:12–13On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.2.10 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 337–339
Amos 4:12–13On the Holy Spirit 14 · Didymus the Blindquotation, high confidenceGreek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
Amos 4:12City of God 18.28 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidence413–426

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.”

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Amos 4:13To Autolycus 3.12 · Theophilus of Antiochallusion, medium confidenceca. 180–185
Amos 4:13Exhortation to the Greeks 8.79 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Amos 4:13Miscellanies 5.14.126 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Amos 4:13Against Hermogenes 32 · Tertullianquotation, high confidenceca. 200–206
Amos 4:13Against Marcion 3.6 · Tertullianallusion, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Amos 4:13Against Praxeas 28 · Tertullianquotation, high confidenceca. 213 or later
Amos 4:13Prophetic Extracts 3.14 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidencebefore 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Amos 4:13Preparation for the Gospel 13.13.53 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 313–324
Amos 4:13On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.2.11 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 337–339
Amos 4:13Catechetical Lecture 10.15 · Cyril of Jerusalemquotation, high confidenceca. 350
Amos 4:13Letters to Serapion 1.3 · Athanasius of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 357–360
Amos 4:13Letters to Serapion 1.9 · Athanasius of Alexandriaallusion, high confidenceca. 357–360
Amos 4:13On the Holy Spirit 15 · Didymus the Blindquotation, high confidenceGreek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
Amos 4:13On the Holy Spirit 59 · Didymus the Blindquotation, high confidenceGreek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
Amos 4:13Against Eunomius 3.6 · Basil of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 364
Amos 4:13Hexaemeron 3.4 · Basil of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 370
Amos 4:13Ancoratus 5.3 · Epiphanius of Salamisquotation, high confidence374
Amos 4:13Ancoratus 5.4 · Epiphanius of Salamisquotation, high confidence374
Amos 4:13Ancoratus 71.3 · Epiphanius of Salamisquotation, high confidence374
Amos 4:13On the Christian Faith 1.1 · Ambrosequotation, low confidenceca. 378–380
Amos 4:13Theological Oration 4 (Or. 30), On the Son 11 · Gregory of Nazianzusallusion, high confidence380
Amos 4:13To Simplicius on Faith, part 3 · Gregory of Nyssaquotation, high confidenceca. 380–394
Amos 4:13Eleven Tractates 3.63 · Priscillianallusion, low confidenceca. 380–385
Amos 4:13Hexameron (Exameron) 2.16 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387-390
Amos 4:13City of God 18.28 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidence413–426