They'd sell their own grandmother!

 Amos 1:6-8 The Message (MSG)

For that, I'm burning down the walls of Gaza, burning up all her forts. I'll banish the crime king from Ashdod, the vice boss from Ashkelon. I'll raise my fist against Ekron, and what's left of the Philistines will die.” GOD's Decree.

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In "The Message" translation of the Bible, the phrase "hunts down her brother to murder" refers to the prophet Amos describing the actions of Edom, a nation that is depicted as so malicious that they actively pursue and kill their own kin, demonstrating extreme cruelty and lack of compassion; essentially, it's a metaphor for extreme violence against one's own people.

Amos 2 MSG - GOD's Message: “Because of the

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They'd sell a poor man for a pair of shoes. They'd sell their own grandmother! They grind the penniless into the dirt, shove the luckless into the ditch.

Amos 9 MSG - Israel Thrown into a Sieve - I saw my

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If they dig their way down into the underworld, I'll find them and bring them up. If they climb to the stars, I'll find them and bring them down. If they ...

 

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