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Amos observes the society in which he lived and worked. Affluence, exploitation, and profit motive were the most notable features everywhere. Standards were being compromised. People were despising authority and the rule of law. National leadership, while reeling in publicity and dignity of position, seemed to be contributing to the complete breakdown of law and order. J. Alec Motyer exposes and...

ten tribes of the north with their special loyalty (cf. 2 Sa. 2:8–10; etc.) to Saul’s house. Clearly, then, Gilgal was the shrine which proclaimed the inheritance and possession of the promised land according to the will of God. Once more, then, we can appreciate the disbelieving horror in the minds of Amos’ hearers at the words Gilgal shall surely go into exile (5:5) and I will take you into exile beyond Damascus (5:27). Gilgal, like the other shrines, made a promise but could not keep it; it spoke
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