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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Amos 5:12

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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they afflict . . . they take--rather, "(ye) who afflict . . . take." bribe--literally, a price with which one who has an unjust cause ransoms himself from your sentence (Sa1 12:3, Margin; Pro 6:35). turn aside the poor in the gate--refuse them their right in the place of justice (Amo 2:7; Isa 29:21).
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