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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Amos 2: 10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorites.
Amos 2: 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
Amos 2: 12 But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying: 'Prophesy not.'
Amos 2: 13 Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.
Amos 2: 14 And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
Amos 2: 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;
Amos 2: 16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
Amos 3: 1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
Amos 3: 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
Amos 3: 3 Will two walk together, except they have agreed?
Amos 3: 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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