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Amos; His Call.

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Announcements › Forums › Mortals and Immortals – November 17th, 2019 › Amos; His Call.

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  • November 11, 2019 at 3:31 pm #9662
    Michael Pupko
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    The One Volume Bible Commentary edited by J. J. Dummelow p.562 Amos, Introduction.

    “The victories won by Jereboam II (2 Kings 14) had brought great wealth and power to the ruling classes in Israel. But luxury, impurity and intemperance were rife amongst them (2:7,8; 6:4-6). And as to the poor, their case could hardly have been worse. They groaned under the most oppressive exactions; they were totally unable to get justice; they were treated as chattels, not as men (8:4-6). And the warnings sent by Providence— drought,locusts, famine, pestilence— were not understood by the well-to-do opressors of the poor (4:6).”

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