Amos 5:10–24

^10mThey hate the one who rebukes in the gate,

And they ⁿabhor the one who speaks uprightly.

^11oTherefore, because you ²tread down the poor

And take grain ³taxes from him,

Though ^pyou have built houses of hewn stone,

Yet you shall not dwell in them;

You have planted ⁴pleasant vineyards,

But you shall not drink wine from them.

¹²For I ^qknow your manifold transgressions

And your mighty sins:

^rAfflicting the just and taking bribes;

^sDiverting the poor from justice at the gate.

¹³Therefore ^tthe prudent keep silent at that time,

For it is an evil time.

¹⁴Seek good and not evil,

That you may live;

So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,

^uAs you have spoken.

^15vHate evil, love good;

Establish justice in the gate.

^wIt may be that the Lord God of hosts

Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

The Day of the Lord

¹⁶Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:

“There shall be wailing in all streets,

And they shall say in all the highways,

‘Alas! Alas!’

They shall call the farmer to mourning,

^xAnd skillful lamenters to wailing.

¹⁷In all vineyards there shall be wailing,

For ^yI will pass through you,”

Says the Lord.

^18zWoe to you who desire the day of the Lord!

For what good is ^athe day of the Lord to you?

It will be darkness, and not light.

¹⁹It will be ^bas though a man fled from a lion,

And a bear met him!

Or as though he went into the house,

Leaned his hand on the wall,

And a serpent bit him!

²⁰Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?

Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?

²¹“I ^chate, I despise your feast days,

And ^dI do not savor your sacred assemblies.

^22eThough you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,

I will not accept them,

Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.

²³Take away from Me the noise of your songs,

For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.

^24fBut let justice run down like water,

And righteousness like a mighty stream.