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Amos 2:8-10
New Catholic Bible
Amos 2:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 They lie down beside every altar
upon garments acquired as surety,[a]
while drinking in the house of their God
the wine purchased with the fines they impose.
9 Yet I was the one
who destroyed the Amorites[b] before them;
they were as tall as the cedars
and as strong as the oaks.
I was the one
who destroyed their fruit above
and their roots below.
10 I was the one
who brought you up from the land of Egypt
and for forty years led you through the desert
to take possession of the land of the Amorites.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:8 Surety: according to the law (Ex 22:25; Deut 24:12), a garment taken as a pledge must be restored before nightfall.
- Amos 2:9 The Amorites represent the Canaanites, the inhabitants of Palestine.