Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine.
Another structural feature stresses the solidarity between Yahweh and His prophet, namely, the alternation between of the words of Amos (Amos 5:1-2; Amos 5:6-9; Amos 5:14-15) and the words of God (Amos 5:3-5; Amos 5:10-13; Amos 5:16-17).