V.
Mark the agreement of prophet with prophet.
Acquaint yourself also with another prophet who expresses himself in
like manner. For Amos prophesied of the same things in a manner
quite in accordance: “Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch
therefore as ye have beaten the poor with the fist,1889
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κατηγκονδυλίσετε
in the text, for which read κατεκονδυλίσατε. |
and taken choice
gifts from
him: ye have built
houses, but ye shall not dwell in them:
ye have
planted pleasant
vineyards, but ye shall not drink
wine of
them. For I know your manifold
transgressions, in trampling
justice beneath your
foot, and taking a bribe, and turning aside the
poor in the
gate from their right. Therefore the
prudent shall
keep
silence in that time, for it is an
evil time.”
1890
Learn,
beloved, the
wickedness of the men of that time, how they
spoil houses
and
fields, and take even
justice from the just; for when these things
come to pass, ye may know that it is the end. For this reason art
thou instructed in the wisdom of the prophet, and the revelation that
is to be in those days. And all the prophets, as we have already
said, have clearly signified the things that are to come to pass in the
last times, just as they also have declared things of
old.
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