The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: violence and robbery in their palaces.
AMO 3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be
even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from
thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
AMO 3:12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth
of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of
Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in
Damascus in a couch.
AMO 3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord
GOD, the God of hosts,
AMO 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of
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