Amo 4:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. 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 . Beth-el — ( ). Gilgal — ( ). sacrifices every morning —as commanded in the law ( ). 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 , and "the days" for the years, . So a month of days is used for a full month, wanting no day to complete it ( , Margin; ). The Israelites here also kept to the letter of the law in bringing in the tithes of their increase every third year ( ).

Amos 4:4

4. 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 Eze 20:39.

Beth-el— (Am 3:14).

Gilgal— (Ho 4:15; 9:15; 12:11).

sacrifices every morning—as commanded in the law (Nu 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 Le 25:20; Jud 17:10, and "the days" for the years, Joe 1:2. So a month of days is used for a full month, wanting no day to complete it (Ge 29:14, Margin; Nu 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 (De 14:28; 26:12).