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Amos 5:13
American Standard Version| Go there... Amos 5 | |
| Amos 5:10 | They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. |
| Amos 5:11 | Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof. |
| Amos 5:12 | For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right. |
| Amos 5:13 | Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. |
| Amos 5:14 | Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say. |
| Amos 5:15 | Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. |
| Amos 5:16 | Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing. |