Amos 5:7-15

⁷You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

⁸Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

⁹He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.

¹⁰They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.

¹¹Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.

¹²Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.

¹³Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.

¹⁴Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.

¹⁵Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.