Amos 5:7-15

⁷Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

⁸The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day as night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah is His name;

⁹Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.

¹⁰They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.

¹¹Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

¹²For I have known — many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.

¹³Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it is.

¹⁴Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with you, as ye said.

¹⁵Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.