OLD TESTAMENT

Amos 2:7

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They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.

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Verse 7. Humble, provoking him to anger.—Name. Such incests caused infidels to blaspheme. Leviticus 18:8. Calmet.—They must be punished with severity. Worthington.

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