“Amos, disgusted with the beautiful ivories, the luxurious summer and winter homes, the impressive fortifications, and the teeming marketplaces, proclaimed that Yahweh too loathed the whole spectacle.” (Anderson, pg. 258) The Lord God demanded obedience to him through the law that the people of Israel were ignorant to. “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” (Amos 3:2) The Israelite society became so focused on material prosperity and cultural achievement that it formed “an oppressive social pyramid with royal courtiers and the merchant class at the top and a great mass of people ground into poverty at the bottom.” (Anderson, pg. 259) God hated these “who oppress the
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