They turn [a]judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth.

He [b]maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and he maketh the day dark as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.

He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mighty, and the destroyer shall come against the fortress.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:7 Instead of judgment and equity they execute cruelty and oppression.
  2. Amos 5:8 He describeth the power of God, Job 9:9.

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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