⁶ Seek the Lord and live,
    or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire,
    and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.^(A)
7 Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood
    and bring righteousness to the ground!

¹⁰ They hate the one who reproves in the gate,
    and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.^(A)
11 Therefore because you trample on the poor
    and take from them levies of grain,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
    but you shall not live in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
    but you shall not drink their wine.^(B)
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe
    and push aside the needy in the gate.^(C)