Amos
5:6-7, 10-15
(6) Seek the LORD and live, lest
he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to
quench it for Bethel,
(7) O you who turn justice to
wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
(10) They hate him who reproves in
the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
(11) Therefore because you trample
on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of
hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; 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
take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
(13) Therefore he who is prudent
will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
(14) Seek good, and not evil, that
you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have
said.
(15) Hate evil, and love good, and
establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will
be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.