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Amos 5:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. "

Amos 5:9

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7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

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From This Chapter

Amos 5:1

"Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel."

Amos 5:2

"The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up."

Amos 5:3

"For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel."

Amos 5:4

"For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:"

Amos 5:5

"But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought."

Amos 5:6

"Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel."

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