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Amos 5:11

Amos 5:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

treading: Amos 4:1; Isaiah 5:7-8, Isaiah 59:13-14; Micah 2:2, Micah 3:1-3; James 2:6; Revelation 11:8-10

ye have built: Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:38-39; Isaiah 65:21-22; Micah 6:15; Zephaniah 1:13; Haggai 1:6

pleasant vineyards: Heb. vineyards of desire

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