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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Amos 4:7

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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withholden . . . rain . . . three months to . . . harvest--the time when rain was most needed, and when usually "the latter rain" fell, namely, in spring, the latter half of February, and the whole of March and April (Hos 6:3; Joe 2:23). The drought meant is that mentioned in Kg1 17:1 [GROTIUS]. rain upon one city . . . not . . . upon another--My rain that fell was only partial.
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