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⛶The Word for Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Amos about injustice in Israel:
The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
Amos 8:7
O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!
Psalm 41:4
Amos 8
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that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?” |
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The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. |
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Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who dwells in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?” |
Psalm 41
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The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health. |
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As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!” |
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My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?” |
en
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