"[Amos] He preached during the reign of Jeroboam II (783-743), a glorious era in human terms, when the northern kingdom expanded and grew rich, but when the luxury of the powerful was an insult to the misery of the oppressed and the splendour of worship masked the absence of true religion."
— Jeroboam II

January 1, 1970

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Predica sotto il regno di Geroboamo II (783-743), epoca umanamente gloriosa, in cui il regno del nord si estende e si arricchisce, ma in cui il lusso dei grandi è un insulto alla miseria degli oppressi e in cui lo splendore del culto maschera l'assenza di una religione vera. — Jerusalem Bible, as quoted in La Bibbia di Gerusalemme, Edizioni Dehoniane, Bologna, 1999. ISBN 88-10-80526-7, p. 1539.