Amos 5:6–12

⁶“^aSeek Yahweh that you may live,

Lest He come mightily like a ^bfire, ¹O house of Joseph,

And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

⁷For those who overturn ^ajustice into wormwood

And put righteousness down to the earth.”

⁸He who made the ^aPleiades and Orion

And ^boverturns the shadow of death into morning,

¹Who also ^cdarkens day into night,

Who ^dcalls for the waters of the sea

And pours them out on the surface of the earth,

^eYahweh is His name.

⁹It is He who ^aflashes forth with devastation upon the strong

So that ^bdevastation comes upon the fortification.

¹⁰They hate him who ^areproves in the ¹gate,

And they ^babhor him who speaks with integrity.

¹¹Therefore because you ¹impose heavy rent on the poor

And take a tribute of grain from them,

Though you have built ^ahouses of cut stone,

Yet you will not live in them;

You have planted desirable vineyards, yet you will ^bnot drink their wine.

¹²For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are mighty,

You who ^adistress the righteous and take bribes

And ¹turn aside the needy in the ²gate.