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Amos 7:8

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Jesus would lead his detractors to the point of judging themselves, saying, "What do the vinedressers deserve?" They decided concerning themselves, saying, "Let him destroy the evil ones with evil." Then he explained this, saying, "Have you not read that 'the stone which the builders rejected has become the head of th…
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 16:20
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8And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

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6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

Amos 7:8

9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

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