Amos 4:9

“I have smitten you with blasting and mildew, etc.] “Blasting” is what we commonly call “blights”, generally occasioned by an east wind; and so Kimchi interprets the word here used; and the Vulgate Latin version renders it, “a burning wind”; which causes the buds and leaves of trees to shrivel up as if they were burnt with fire. “Mildew” is a kind of clammy dew, which falling upon corn, etc. corrupts and destroys by its moisture; and is a kind of jaundice to the fruits of the earth; and has its name as that, from yellowness, in the Hebrew language: when the Lord is said to smite them with these the sense is, that he sent these upon the fruits of their gardens, fields and vineyards, which…”

“blasting--the blighting influence of the east wind on the corn (Gen 41:6). when . . . gardens . . . increased--In vain ye multiplied your gardens, &c., for I destroyed their produce. BOCHART supports Margin, "the multitude of your gardens." palmer worm--A species of locust is here meant, hurtful to fruits of trees, not to herbage or corn. The same east wind which brought the drought, blasting, and mildew, brought also the locusts into Judea [BOCHART], (Exo 10:13).”

“I have smitten you with blasting - Literally, “an exceeding scorching,” such as the hot east wind produced, and “an exceeding mildew,” a blight, in which the ears turn untimely a pale yellow, and have no grain. Both words are doubly intensive. They stand together in the prophecy of Moses Deuteronomy 28:22, among the other scourges of disobedience; and the mention of these would awaken, in those who would hear, the memory of a long train of other warnings and other judgments. When your gardens ... increased - Better, as English margin. “the multitude of your gardens.” The garden of the east united the orchard Job 8:16; Song of Solomon 4:13-14; Song of Solomon 6:11, herb Deuteronomy 11:10;…”

“Increased - When they were most fruitful. Devoured - Eat up all, as is the manner of them. Amos 4:10”

“with: Deu 28:22; Kg1 8:37; Ch2 6:28; Hag 2:17 when: etc. or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmer worm, etc the palmerworm: Amo 7:1, Amo 7:2; Deu 28:42; Joe 1:4, Joe 2:25 yet: Amo 4:6, Amo 4:8; Job 36:8-13; Isa 1:5, Isa 42:24, Isa 42:25; Jer 5:3 Amos 4:10”