Do all the workers of injustice (A)not know,
Who (B)devour my people as they eat bread,
And (C)do not call upon the Lord?

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Do all these evildoers know nothing?(A)

They devour my people(B) as though eating bread;
    they never call on the Lord.(C)

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14 There is a [a]kind of person whose (A)teeth are like swords
And his (B)jaw teeth like knives,
To (C)devour the poor from the earth
And the needy from among mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:14 Or generation

14 those whose teeth(A) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives(B)
to devour(C) the poor(D) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.(E)

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These who [a]trample the head of the (A)helpless to the dust of the earth
Also (B)divert the way of the humble;
And a (C)man and his father [b]resort to the same [c]girl
So as to profane My holy name.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:7 Or pant for the dust...on the head of the helpless
  2. Amos 2:7 Lit go
  3. Amos 2:7 Possibly a prostitute, or a temple prostitute

They trample on the heads of the poor
    as on the dust of the ground
    and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
    and so profane my holy name.(A)

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11 Therefore because you impose heavy [a]rent on the poor
And take a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (A)houses of cut stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will (B)not drink their wine.
12 For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great,
You who are (C)hostile to the righteous and accept bribes,
And [b]turn away the poor from justice at the [c]gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:11 Or tax
  2. Amos 5:12 Lit they turn
  3. Amos 5:12 I.e., the place where court was held

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(A)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(B)
    you will not live in them;(C)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.(D)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.(E)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(F)
    and deprive the poor(G) of justice in the courts.(H)

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