What social injustices did prophet Amos condemn?

      

Highlight the social injustices that prophet Amos condemned.

  

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Maurice
(i) Land grabbing.

(ii) Robbery with violence.

(iii) Murder.

(iv) Selling of the poor into slavery because they were unable to repay debts.

(v) Living a luxurious life by the rich women of Samaria at the expense of the poor.

(vi) Bribery and corruption in the law courts.

(vii) Cheating in business, for example, use of false measures, selling of bad foodstuffs and, overcharging on goods sold.

(viii) Sexual immorality like incest and cultic prostitution.

(ix) Drunkenness where even the Nazirites were forced to drink wine.

(x) Pride in material possession and false sense of security.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on September 1, 2017 at 13:31


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