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He causes destruction to flash against a stronghold,
    and destruction comes upon a fortress.

10 There are those who hate an arbitrator[a] in the city gate.[b]
    They despise anyone who speaks honestly.
11 That is why you trample on the poor,
    and you collect taxes on their grain.
    You have built houses of cut stones,
    but you will not live in them.
    You have planted choice vineyards,
    but you will not drink their wine.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:10 Or a mediator
  2. Amos 5:10 The city gate served as the courthouse.