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Amos 5:7

Justice

5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.

6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
KJV
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
WEB
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
ASV
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
DARBY
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
BLB
You who are turning justice into wormwood and laying to rest righteousness in the earth—
ÅB
De som forvender retten til malurt og kaster rettferdigheten til jorden!
OTB
Det er de som forvandler rettferdighet til bitterhet
og kaster rettferdighet til jorden.
B1930
De som forvender retten til malurt og kaster rettferdigheten til jorden!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Amos 6:12

    Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

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  • Zephaniah 1:6

    And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

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  • Ezekiel 3:20

    Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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  • Hosea 10:4

    They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:18

    Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

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  • Amos 5:11–12

    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.

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  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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  • Psalms 125:5

    As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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