He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mighty, and the destroyer shall come against the fortress.

10 They have hated him [a]that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh uprightly.

11 Forasmuch then as your treading is upon the poor, and [b]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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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:10 They hate the Prophets, which reprove them in the open assemblies.
  2. Amos 5:11 Ye take both his money and also his food, wherewith he should live.

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