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So I will send a fire on Judah,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.

Judgement on Israel

Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Israel,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[a]
because they sell the righteous for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals—
they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth,
    and push the afflicted out of the way;
father and son go in to the same girl,
    so that my holy name is profaned;

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:6 Heb cause it to return

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