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Overview and Insights · God Demands Justice, Not Mere Coldhearted Ritual (5:1–6:14)
The theme of justice and righteousness runs throughout Amos, but is presented with particular focus in Amos 5. This chapter accuses Israel of numerous social injustices: trampling on the poor and extorting grain (their food) from them; paying bribes to judges in order to deprive the poor of justice; and corrupting the entire legal system in general (5:11–13). The terrible consequences are presented in the opening verses. Israel will fall (5:1–2) with only 10 percent surviving (5:3).
In this context of extensive social injustice, God states that he takes no plea…