Where the Fathers quote Amos 4
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1Amos 4:1
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1681…with destruction h chapter iv h b hear this word ye heifers of bashan that are in the mountain of samaria ye who oppress the poor and tread upon the needy who say to your lords…
5Amos 4:5
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:91…ly to the dogs and throw their pearls before swine, just as those people about whom the prophet is indignant, saying: And they read the law outside (Amos IV, 5). For it is not, of course, because the Jews read the Law o…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:449…and of your young men for sanctification is it not so o children of israel saith the lord and ye gave the sanctified drink wine and commanded the prophets saying ye shall not prophesy h xxii…
6Amos 4:6
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:479…him d and him alone and i will give you a grinding of teeth in all your cities and a lack of bread in all your places and you have not returned to me says the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:907…his mercy with indignation for he speaks thus and i will give you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places and you have not returned d to me…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1683…it with fervent zeal and affection vers and i also will give you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places and you have not returned to me saith…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:267…they pay the penalty what then and i will give you dullness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places and you shall not return to me says the lord…
7Amos 4:7
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1099B…nations that can cause rain? Or shall the heaven give its shower? Art not thou he?" But another, "And I will rain upon one," does not differ from the words of Amos iv, 7. Finally, the third is Ezekiel iv, 6, s…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:453D…n at one time He waters this region, and at another that. For this reason the prophet says: "And I will rain upon one city, and upon one city I will not rain" (Amos 4:7). One portion shall be watered, and the…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:267…the dullness of the teeth and the molars vers and i withheld the rain from you when there were still three months until the harvest and i will rain upon one city and upon another city…
9Amos 4:9
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:949…who moves against me in oblique anger on account of my obliquity i have smitten you with blasting and with mildew and with rot and yet you did not return to me says the lord far…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:483…a vers i struck you with blasting and with jaundice you multiplied your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive groves these the caterpillar devoured and not even so did you return…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:269…enveloped you with various diseases but you increased your impiety you multiplied your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees the caterpillar has devoured and not even so have you returned…
11Amos 4:11
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:333…has revealed the plan of his economy saying i overthrew you even as god overthrew sodom and gomorrah and you became as a brand plucked out of the fire and yet not even so have you…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:403…and concerning the destruction of the jewish nation i overthrew you even as god overthrew sodom and gomorrah and you became like a brand snatched from the fire and not even so have you turned to…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1139…xiii from amos h b i have overturned you as god overturned sodom and gomorrah and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning yet have ye not returned unto me saith the lord…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1685…willing to perceive what was necessary therefore he says i have overthrown you as god overthrew sodom and gomorrah b he is not pointing to another who did those things but speaking as if of himself…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:737…similarly in the prophet from the person of god i overthrew them as god overthrew sodom and gomorrah and in another way god speaks as a lover of mankind i will save them in the lord…
OrigenesPG 16:2387…more for a victory and it shall not be inhabited for ever as god overthrew sodom and gomorrah and the cities thereof saith the lord no man shall dwell there neither shall a son of man…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:269…your enemies yet not even then will you repent verses i overthrew you as god overthrew sodom and gomorrah and you became as a brand plucked out of the fire and not even so have you…
12Amos 4:12
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1139…and the son becomes manifest h chapter xiv from the same h prepare to meet thy god o israel for lo he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind and declareth unto man his christ…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1193D…ion of the three immersions. He compares baptism to a cauldron, 1005. Th. finds baptism on Ps. LXIV (LXV) 6, 1045; and Isa. I, 16, II, 178 seqq.; add. IV, 891. Amos IV, 12, 13, V, 1028. Baptism is mystically des…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1217C…eph. 2, 2), III, 432 (Eph. 5, 14, sou for soi). Rom. 8, 11, a with the accusative instead of the genitive is urged by the Macedonians, V, 1018. Extr. And Amos 4, 12, 1027. Envoys (of the enemy, indeed) no…
13Amos 4:13
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:187A…s of the prophets, and those of Isaiah: "Behold, I am he who establishes the thunder, and creates the spirit, whose hands have established the host of heaven" (Amos iv, 13); and that of Moses, through whom God t…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1269D…tement of Isaiah, or as Eusebius says, of Hosea, was expressed by Orpheus: “Solidifying the thunder,” etc. But it is neither’s; it is the oracle of the prophet Amos iv, 13. To this point our author also refers t…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:185…come forth from his holy place and shall descend and shall walk upon the high places of the earth god therefore is said to descend when he deems it worthy to have care for human frailty…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:775…forth from his place and he will descend and he will tread upon the high places of the earth and so forth for i think that by these words the descent of our savior is prophesied…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:613…lord goes forth from his place and will descend and will tread upon the high places of the earth and the mountains beneath him shall be shaken and the valleys shall melt as wax before the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:911…shall move himself he shall spread out alone he made him ride upon the high places of the earth basan and goats the pure they made him jealous they provoked him to anger alt version omitted…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1635…and announces to man his speech making the morning mist and walking upon the high places of the earth the lord god of hosts is his name lxx for behold i am he who establishes the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:315…and announces to men his christ making morning and mist and ascending upon the high places of the earth the lord god almighty is his name hear the word of the lord which i take up…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:431…the lord is going forth out of his place and will descend upon the high places of the earth and the mountains shall be moved underneath him b and the valleys shall melt as wax before…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:633…shall go forth from his place and shall descend and shall stand upon the high places of the earth and the mountains shall be shaken beneath him and the valleys shall melt as wax before the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1139…xiv from the same h prepare to meet thy god o israel for lo he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind and declareth unto man his christ making the morning mist and walking upon…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:635…for behold the lord shall descend from his place and shall descend upon the high places of the earth and the mountains shall be crushed beneath him and the valleys shall melt like wax before the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:259…spoken these things the earth has mourned and the world is corrupted the high places of the earth have mourned for when the definitive sentence of god has been brought forth through the prophet these things…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:535…men his christ b making the dawn and the mist and walking upon the high places of the earth the lord god almighty is his name and from this we were persuaded to agree with the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1245…one another orth who makes the dawn and the mist and steps upon the high places of the earth maced what then do you call the dawn and the mist and the high places of the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:895B…y strong and solid a firmament, just as it is also wont more often to call thick and congealed air by the same term, when it says: Who established the thunder (Amos IV, 13). For the hardness of density, because…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1157A…dmit any partition into another, 160. Amnon, in doing violence to Tamar, is said to have humbled her, because sin makes everyone most humble, 155. The words of Amos iv, 13, "He who forms the thunder and creates…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1175A…and approaches the earth, 61. Incarnation of the Lord, the Prophet foreseeing its grace says, Ps. LXI, 194. From Him is my salvation, my glory. The words of Amos iv, 13, Who forms the thunder, and creates th…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:205…declares unto men his christ b making morning and mist and ascending upon the high places of the earth micah hear all ye peoples the word and let the earth give heed and all who dwell…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:951…men his christ that makes the morning and the darkness and treads upon the high places of the earth the lord god almighty is his name since therefore three perfect hypostases are commemorated here one speaking…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:955…creates the spirit and makes the dawn and the mist and ascends upon the high places of the earth the lord god almighty is his name behold he that announces his christ unto men when then…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1045…christ to men making the dawn and the mist and ascending above the high places of the earth the lord god almighty is his name for god who had spoken beforehand that he would create a…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:487…and announce to men his christ making morning and mist and treading upon the high places of the earth the lord god almighty is his name xlii by the opposition of the superior that which is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:645…forth out of his place and will come down and will step upon the high places of the earth and the mountains shall be shaken b under him and the valleys shall melt as wax before…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:647…his own nature and having his standing as god he stepped also upon the high places of the earth and shook the mountains and melted the valleys and made them flow as water pouring down in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:643…lord shall go forth from his place and shall descend and tread upon the high places of the earth isaiah ch lx the least shall become thousands and the smallest a great nation i the lord…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1107…and announcing unto men his christ making morning and mist and mounting upon the high places of the earth a a and yet my friend the majesty of the holy spirit will in no way be…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1165…goes forth from his place and shall come down and shall step upon the high places of the earth other things although they are future are nevertheless spoken of as past this is our god after…
Socrates Scholasticus c. 380–c. 450PG 67:243…and create the spirit, and declare his Christ unto men [Amos IV, 13], did not accept this word "create" as…
Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1277…behold the lord goes out from his place and he shall ascend upon the high places of the earth ps lvii lxvii xvii cxliv ix isa xix mich i from garments as it is written the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:899…lord goes forth from his place and will descend and will step upon the high places of the earth and the mountains shall be moved under him and the valleys shall melt as wax before the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1685…and announcing to men his christ making morning and darkness and treading upon the high places of the earth the lord god the almighty is his name therefore being delivered from this insensibility o israel seek…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1743…cometh forth out of his place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth and the mountains shall be molten under him and the valleys shall be cleft as wax before…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1183…lord comes forth from his place and will descend and will tread upon the high places of the earth others even though they are future are nevertheless spoken of as if they were past as this…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1055…against those who have offended him vers h and he will ascend upon the high places of the earth and the mountains will be shaken beneath him h he will trample he says those who are…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:689…to men his christ making the morning and the fog and walking upon the high places of the earth the lord god almighty is his name c and from this you are misled by the arians…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:549…the lord shall go forth from his place and shall come down upon the high places of the earth and the mountains shall be moved beneath him the ode of habakkuk also proclaims beforehand that the…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:61…ament," so that it uses this very word often even when it wishes to designate air that has been greatly condensed, as when it says: "Establishing the thunder" (Amos iv. 13). For Scripture called the "firming of…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:667D…demonstrate that the Holy Spirit has been called a creature: one, indeed, from the prophet who says: Who strengthens the thunder, and creates the spirit (Amos iv, 13); and another from the Gospel, that Al…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:669B…ks—the Creator is heralded. Wherefore, after saying, Who strengthens the thunder, and creates the spirit, he says: And who announces to men his Christ (Amos iv, 13). For just as the heavens declare the g…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:681A…Apostle: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels” (II Cor. iv, 7). The prophet was not ignorant of Him when he said: “And announcing his Christ to men” (Amos iv, 13). Moses knew Him, Isaiah knew Him,…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:269…their christ who makes the morning and the mist and goes up upon the high places of the earth the lord god the almighty is his name but even if you have become such toward me…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:347…the lord comes forth from his place and will descend and tread upon the high places of the earth and the mountains shall be shaken beneath him and the valleys shall melt like wax before the…
Procopius Deacon of Constantinople fl. 9th centuryPG 100:1189D…he person of the divine Spirit proclaiming: "Behold, I am He who establishes the thunder , and creates the spirit, and announces to the heavens His Christ" (Amos IV, 13); from the furthest parts of the earth…