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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:14 Or generation

“These who [a]pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the (A)helpless
Also (B)turn aside the way of the humble;
And a (C)man and his father [b]resort to the same [c]girl
In order to profane My holy name.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:7 Or trample or, snap at the head of the helpless on the dust
  2. Amos 2:7 Lit go
  3. Amos 2:7 Possibly a harlot, or a temple prostitute

11 Therefore because you [a]impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (A)houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will (B)not drink their wine.
12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who (C)distress the righteous and accept bribes
And [b]turn aside the poor in the [c]gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:11 Another reading is trample upon
  2. Amos 5:12 Lit they turn
  3. Amos 5:12 I.e. the place where court was held