Amos 5:6–12

⁶“^aSeek the Lord that you may live,

Or He will break forth like a ^bfire, ¹O house of Joseph,

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

⁷For those who turn ^ajustice into wormwood

And ¹cast righteousness down to the earth.”

⁸He who made the ^aPleiades and Orion

And ^bchanges deep darkness 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,

The ^eLord is His name.

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

So that ^bdestruction comes upon the fortress.

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 exact a tribute of grain from them,

Though you have built ^ahouses of well-hewn stone,

Yet you will not live in them;

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

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

You who ^adistress the righteous and accept bribes

And ¹turn aside the poor in the ²gate.