11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and 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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Matthew Henry
(vv. 4-15)This is a message from God to the house of Israel, in which, I. They are told of their faults, that they might see what occasion there was for them to repent and reform, and that, when they were called to return, they might not need to ask, Wherein shall we return ? 1. God tells them, in general (Amos 5:12), “ I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins ; and you shall be made to kno...
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