Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 64:9

בעון גזל הגובאי עולה והרעב הווה ובני אדם אוכלים בשר בניהן ובנותיהן שנאמר (עמוס ד, א) שמעו הדבר הזה פרות הבשן אשר בהר שומרון העושקות דלים הרוצצות אביונים אמר רבא כגון הני נשי דמחוזא

but ye did them not, the snowy waters shall rob you in winter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., there will be no rain, etc. Ziyyah (E.V. drought) is thus connected with ziwah (he commanded), and hom (E.V. heat) with summer. ');">²³</span> But if they render them, they are blessed, for it is said, Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it ['ad beli day].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mal. III, 10. ');">²⁴</span> What is meant by 'ad beli day? — Said Rami b. Hama: Until your lips are exhausted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yibelu, connected here with beli. ');">²⁵</span> through saying, 'Enough!' [day]. For the crime of robbery locusts make invasion, famine is prevalent, and people eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, for it is said, Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Amos. IV, 1. The proof lies in the sequel, quoted below. ');">²⁶</span> (Said Raba, E.g., these women of Mahoza,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The famous town on the Tigris not far from Ktesifon, where Raba possibly founded the academy (Weiss, Dor, 111, 202) with himself as head, which was recognized as one of the foremost in Babylon; Obermeyer, p. i 66. (i 2.) Thus they rob their husbands; or, demanding food and producing nothing in return, they may force their husbands to robbery, — Women were expected to do a certain amount of labour, e.g., spinning; Keth. 59b, cf. Prov. XXXI, 13, 19. It would appear that Raba was not very popular in Mahoza (cf. Sanh. 99b); such sentiments may be either partially the cause, or Raba's reaction. ');">²⁷</span>

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