Amos 5:4-12

English Standard Version

^(A)“Seek me and live;
⁵     but do not seek ^(B)Bethel,
and do not enter into ^(C)Gilgal
    or cross over to ^(D)Beersheba;
for ^(E)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
    and ^(F)Bethel shall come to nothing.”

^6 (G)Seek the Lord and live,
    ^(H)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
    and it devour, with none to quench it for ^(I)Bethel,
⁷ O ^(J)you who turn justice to wormwood^[a]
    and cast down righteousness to the earth!

⁸ He who made the ^(K)Pleiades and Orion,
    and turns deep darkness into the morning
    and ^(L)darkens the day into night,
who ^(M)calls for the waters of the sea
    ^(N)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
^(O)the Lord is his name;
^9 (P)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
    so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

^10 (Q)They hate him who reproves ^(R)in the gate,
    and they ^(S)abhor him who speaks the truth.
¹¹ Therefore because you ^(T)trample on^[b] the poor
    and you exact taxes of grain from him,
^(U)you have built houses of hewn stone,
    but you shall not dwell in them;
^(V)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
    but you shall not drink their wine.
¹² For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^(W)take a bribe,
    and ^(X)turn aside the needy ^(Y)in the gate.