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surely 9) into captivity forth of
his land."
Amos preached economic jus-
tice and the people in the court
and synagogue could not take it.
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They did not like it when he
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swallow up the needy, even to
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make the poor of the land to
fail, saying when will the new
moon be gone that we may sell
corn and the Sabbath, that we
may set forth wheat, making the
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and falsifying the balances by
deceit? That we may buy the
Poor for silver, and the needy
for a pair of shoes; yea and sell
the refuse of the wheat . . .
Shall not the land trouble for
this?"
No wonder the priest Amaziah,
the guardian of the status quo,
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complained to King Jeroboam
concerning Amos saying, "The
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land is not able to bear all his
words."
Amaziah thought Amos was a
kept prophet and suggested that
he go home to Judah to eat his
bread. This hint that he was on
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archy of Judah angered Amos rajah, a wealthy man, who was
and he blasted forth a terriffc given the job of rebuilding Jeru-
malediction beginning, "I was no salem and settling the country
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"And there was a great cry
I speak of the battle of Amos
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because it typifies the struggle of the people and of their wives
which went on for centuries be- against their brethren the Jews
. . We have mortgaged out
tween the Jewish shepherd peo-
ple who lived in the hills and lands, vineyards, and houses that
the Canannites who lived in the we might buy corn because of
cities. As the Jews over the cen- the dearth." There were also
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cities, they took on city habits. money for the king's tribute and
But at first they were profoundly that upon our lands and vine-
shocked at the commercial mor- yards, yet now our flesh is as
ality of the cities. Neither the the flesh of our brethren, our
customs of the bank nor the children as their children: and,
market place pleased them. They lo, we bring into bondage our
thought such customs were the sons and daughters to be serv-
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all recorded history of debt-rid- to redeem them; for other men
den farmers rising in revolt is have our lands and vineyards.
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given in the 22nd chapter of First . . . I said it is not good that ye
Samuel. David, the young sheph- do: Ought ye not to walk in the
erd fleeing from Saul, was hid- fear of our God because of the
ing in the cave of Adullam when, reproach of the heathen our ene-
according to the Bible, "Every- mies? I likewise, and my breth-
one that was in distress, and
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everyone that was in debt, and
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everyone that was discontented,
gathered themselves under him;
and he became a captain over
them; and there were with him
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about 400 men." David, the
mighty King of Judah, was not
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When the Jews had lived for
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