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Officials stand on a hilltop parapet above distant towns and roads.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Amos 6:1-3

False Security on the Heights

The End of Complacency · Amos 6

Story guide: The panorama illustrates the rebuke of complacency, rather than a specific military campaign.

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1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the distinguished men of the foremost of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes.

2Cross over to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory?

3you who put far away the evil day and bring near the seat of violence.

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