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7-9 You should go to the Lord for help.
    He is the one who made the Pleiades and Orion.[a]
He changes darkness into the morning light.
    He changes the day into the dark night.
He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth.
    His name is Yahweh!
He keeps one strong city safe,
    and he lets another strong city be destroyed.”

The Evil Things That the Israelites Did

You change justice to poison.[b]
    You throw away fairness like trash.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:7 Pleiades and Orion Two well-known groups of stars (constellations).
  2. Amos 5:7 poison Literally, “wormwood,” a type of plant with bitter leaves. It could be used as a medicine, or if strong enough, as a poison.

There are those who turn justice into bitterness(A)
    and cast righteousness(B) to the ground.(C)

He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(D)
    who turns midnight into dawn(E)
    and darkens day into night,(F)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(G)
With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
    and brings the fortified city to ruin.(H)

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