Amo 4:10 | KingComments | STEP | In Leviticus 26 the plague and the sword are also mentioned in one verse ( ). There it sounds still as a warning. God threatens the people with these plagues if they continue to resist Him in spite of earlier punishments ( ). The plague comes from Him. The sword also comes from Him, although by the hand of the enemy. The “sword” probably refers to a period of war with Syria ( ). God acts with His people as He did with Egypt. This proves how deep the people have sunk ( ). The plague that God has sent into Egypt is the cattle plague ( ). Then He separated Egypt from His people ( ), but now the plagues over His people follow one another, to strike their conscience. The capture of their horses means the deprivation of military strength. The stench comes from the corpses of those killed by the plague and in the war, whereby we can think of both people and horses. The losses were suffered in the war against the Syrians ( ). The stench that has come into their noses is, as it were, the stench of their sins, to remind them of their sins and of the result of their sins.

‏ Amos 4:10

Plague and War

In Leviticus 26 the plague and the sword are also mentioned in one verse (Lev 26:25). There it sounds still as a warning. God threatens the people with these plagues if they continue to resist Him in spite of earlier punishments (Lev 26:23-24). The plague comes from Him. The sword also comes from Him, although by the hand of the enemy. The “sword” probably refers to a period of war with Syria (2Kgs 13:3).

God acts with His people as He did with Egypt. This proves how deep the people have sunk (Deu 7:15 ; Deu 28:60). The plague that God has sent into Egypt is the cattle plague (Exo 9:3). Then He separated Egypt from His people (Exo 8:22), but now the plagues over His people follow one another, to strike their conscience.

The capture of their horses means the deprivation of military strength. The stench comes from the corpses of those killed by the plague and in the war, whereby we can think of both people and horses. The losses were suffered in the war against the Syrians (2Kgs 8:12 ; 2Kgs 13:3 ; 7). The stench that has come into their noses is, as it were, the stench of their sins, to remind them of their sins and of the result of their sins.