Amos 5:10–24

^10xThey hate ^yhim that ^zrebuketh ^zzin the gate,

And ^athey abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

¹¹Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor,

And ye take from him ^bburdens of wheat:

^cYe have built houses of hewn stone,

But ye shall not dwell in them;

^cYe have planted pleasant vineyards,

But ye shall not drink wine of them.

¹²For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins:

They afflict the just, they take a bribe,

And they ^dturn aside the poor ^zzein the gate from their right.

¹³Therefore the prudent ^fshall keep silence in that time;

^gFor it is an evil time.

^14hSeek good, and not evil, that ye may live:

And so the Lord, ⁱthe God of hosts, shall be with you, ^kas ye have spoken.

^15lHate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment ^ein the gate:

^mIt may be that the Lord ⁱGod of hosts will be gracious unto ⁿthe remnant of Joseph.

¹⁶Therefore the Lord, ⁱthe God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus;

ⁿⁿWailing shall be in all streets;

And they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas!

And they shall call the husbandman to mourning,

And ^osuch as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

¹⁷And in all vineyards shall be wailing:

For ^pI will pass through thee, saith the Lord.

^18qWoe unto you that desire ^rthe day of the Lord!

To what end is it for you?

^sThe day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

^19tAs if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him;

Or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and ^ua serpent bit him.

^20sShall not ^rthe day of the Lord be darkness, and not light?

^vEven very dark, and no brightness in it?

^21wI hate, I despise your feast days,

And ^xI will not smell in your ^ysolemn assemblies.

^22wThough ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, ^zI will not accept them:

^wNeither will I regard the ^apeace offerings of your fat beasts.

²³Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs;

For ^bI will not hear the melody of thy ^cviols.

^24dBut let judgment run down as waters,

And righteousness as ^ea mighty stream.