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Amos 1:1-15

Amos 1:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

EXPOSITION

Verse 1-ch. 2:16

Part I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT.

Verse 1-ch. 2:3

§ 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly summoned to judgment.

Heading of the book, with short summary of its contents.

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