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The Chosen people (n.) are no closer to God than Ethiopians or Philistines in Amos, since the God of Israel owns everyone's history.
The Day of the Lord (n.) was a promise of rescue to the crowd and a promise of fire to Amos, who saw judgment coming before any glory.
A Famine of the word (n.) is Amos's threat: a people bored with prophecy will one day find God's door shut.
Hatred (n.) at its purest gains nothing at all, like Moab burning a dead king's bones to lime just for the satisfaction.
The Mighty stream (n.) is Amos's image of justice: surging, life-giving and unstoppable, nothing like the Greeks' tidy scales.