Amos:2:6-16
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Thus saith the LORD ;
For three transgressions of Israel ,
and for four ,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof ;
because they sold the righteous for silver ,
and the poor for a pair of shoes ;
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That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor ,
and turn aside the way of the meek :
and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid ,
to profane my holy name :
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And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar ,
and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god .
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Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them ,
whose height was like the height of the cedars ,
and he was strong as the oaks ;
yet I destroyed his fruit from above ,
and his roots from beneath .
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Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt ,
and led you forty years through the wilderness ,
to possess the land of the Amorite .
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And I raised up of your sons for prophets ,
and of your young men for Nazarites .
Is it not even thus ,
O ye children of Israel ?
saith the LORD .
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But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ;
and commanded the prophets ,
saying ,
Prophesy not .
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Behold ,
I am pressed under you ,
as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves .
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Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift ,
and the strong shall not strengthen his force ,
neither shall the mighty deliver himself :
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Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow ;
and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself :
neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself .
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And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day ,
saith the LORD .