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According to Amos, God decided to raise up a nation that would fight and oppress Israel because the people

A.

Were corrupt and enslaved the poor

B.

Rejected Him and sold the righteous for silver

C.

Turned justice into poison

D.

Claimed to achieve fame by their own strength

Correct answer is C

Amos 6: 12 “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood

13 you who rejoice over Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’ 

14 For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”