Amos 5:8-15
King James Version
8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
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Amos 5:8-15
New International Version
8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(A)
who turns midnight into dawn(B)
and darkens day into night,(C)
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(D)
9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.(E)
10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(F)
and detest the one who tells the truth.(G)
11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(H)
and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(I)
you will not live in them;(J)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
you will not drink their wine.(K)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.(L)
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