Amos 5:11-12
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Amos 5
2 songs meet this passage
“The house look a like a rummage sale”
Fortunate Son · Creedence Clearwater Revival
resonates with Amos 5:11-12
Amos condemns the wealthy who live off others' labor while the poor are crushed; the song's jab at the taxman and the rich's complaints taps the same vein of inequity.
“they got money for wars but can't feed the poor”
Keep Ya Head Up · 2Pac
resonates with Amos 5:11-12
A prophetic-style lament over injustice, wealth misused while the poor are neglected.
Each reading weighs one song’s words against Scripture. It is AI-assisted and can be wrong; open a song to see its whole reading and decide for yourself.