Amos 5:11 meaning and explanation
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Amos 5:11, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD speaks through Amos, a shepherd called to prophesy in the northern kingdom of Israel during a time of prosperity, and here he names a specific injustice: the wealthy are crushing the poor and demanding grain from them as a tax. The judgment fits the crime.
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