Amos 5:19
19Here''s what it''s like: A man runs from a lion right into the jaws of a bear. A woman goes home after a hard day''s work and is raped by a neighbor.
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19Here''s what it''s like: A man runs from a lion right into the jaws of a bear. A woman goes home after a hard day''s work and is raped by a neighbor.
Amos 5 is a funeral dirge for Israel, a summons to seek God rather than religious performance, and a courtroom indictment of the nation's hollow worship and systemic injustice. The chapter pivots on a devastating lament: the virgin Israel has fallen, never to rise again. Yet with
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