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Amos 2:4-5

Judah Rejects the Law

The Poor Are Not Merchandise · Amos 2

Story guide: The image illustrates a prophetic warning, rather than a narrated burning of Jerusalem.

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4Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn it back, because they have rejected the law of Yahweh and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked.”

5So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will devour the citadels of Jerusalem.

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