Amos 5:6-7

Common English Bible

⁶    Seek the Lord and live,
        or else God might rush like a fire against the house of Joseph.
        The fire will burn up Bethel, with no one to put it out.

Words of doom

⁷ Doom to you who turn justice into poison,
and throw righteousness to the ground!

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Amos 5:10-15

Common English Bible

¹⁰They hate the one who judges at the city gate,
        and they reject the one who speaks the truth.
¹¹Truly, because you crush the weak,
        and because you tax their grain,
    you have built houses of carved stone,
        but you won’t live in them;
    you have planted pleasant vineyards,
        but you won’t drink their wine.
¹²I know how many are your crimes,
        and how numerous are your sins—
    afflicting the righteous,
        taking money on the side,
        turning away the poor who seek help.
¹³Therefore, the one who is wise will keep silent in that time;
        it is an evil time.

Words of inspiration

¹⁴Seek good and not evil,
        that you may live;
    and so the Lord, the God of heavenly forces,
        will be with you just as you have said.
¹⁵Hate evil, love good,
        and establish justice at the city gate.
Perhaps the Lord God of heavenly forces
        will be gracious to what is left of Joseph.