Amos 5:10-27

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¹⁰ There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court^(A)
    and detest the one who tells the truth.^(B)

¹¹ You levy a straw tax on the poor^(C)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,^(D)
    you will not live in them;^(E)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.^(F)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.^(G)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes^(H)
    and deprive the poor^(I) of justice in the courts.^(J)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet^(K) in such times,
    for the times are evil.^(L)

¹⁴ Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.^(M)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.
¹⁵ Hate evil,^(N) love good;^(O)
    maintain justice in the courts.^(P)
Perhaps^(Q) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy^(R)
    on the remnant^(S) of Joseph.

“There will be wailing^(T) in all the streets^(U)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers^(V) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.
¹⁷ There will be wailing^(W) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through^(X) your midst,”
says the Lord.^(Y)

²¹ “I hate,^(AH) I despise your religious festivals;^(AI)
    your assemblies^(AJ) are a stench to me.
²² Even though you bring me burnt offerings^(AK) and grain offerings,
    I will not accept them.^(AL)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
    I will have no regard for them.^(AM)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
    I will not listen to the music of your harps.^(AN)
24 But let justice^(AO) roll on like a river,
    righteousness^(AP) like a never-failing stream!^(AQ)

²⁵ “Did you bring me sacrifices^(AR) and offerings
    forty years^(AS) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
²⁶ You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,^(AT)
    the star of your god^[a]—
    which you made for yourselves.
²⁷ Therefore I will send you into exile^(AU) beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.^(AV)