Amos 5:10–24

¹⁰They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. ¹¹Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them. ¹²For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate. ¹³Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time. ¹⁴Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say. ¹⁵Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

¹⁶Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all broadways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. ¹⁷And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah. ¹⁸Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light: ¹⁹as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. ²⁰Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

²¹I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a sweet odour in your solemn assemblies. ²²For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts. ²³Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes; ²⁴but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.