'.. You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.. '
https://biblehub.com/amos/6-4.htm
I saw good commentary on #AmosProphet as criticizing #sycophant #intellectuals #御用学者. #IARichards said #Amos should be the patron saint of linguistics, rhetoric, metaphor, or education..

' Professor Lang also threw in a whimsical document, "The Three Laws of #Sociodynamics," which states, among other things, that "the power structure does what they want, when they want; then they try to find reasons to justify it." '
#ThreeLawsOfSocioDynamics by #SergeLang shows how #sycophants #御用学者 like #ZbigniewBrzezinski and #HenryKissinger get comfy. There is a #AmosProphet quote from the #OldTestament #Bible that fits in here. #PowerStructure