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Amos 5:9

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

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  1. Amos 5:7

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

  2. Amos 5:8

    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:

  3. Amos 5:10

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

  4. Amos 5:11

    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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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.