Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who contrive mischief by statute?
Amos 6:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 you who put far away the evil day and bring near a reign of violence? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O you who put far away the evil day [of punishment], yet cause the sitting of violence [upon you] to come near? American Standard Version (1901) —ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Common English Bible Doom to those who ignore the evil day and make violent rule draw near: Catholic Public Domain Version You have been set aside for the day of disaster, and you approach the throne of iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity; |
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who contrive mischief by statute?
Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.
You said, “I shall be mistress forever,” so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
“Come,” they say, “let us get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow will be like today, great beyond measure.”
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
Mortal, what is this proverb of yours about the land of Israel that says, “The days are prolonged, and every vision comes to nothing”?
Mortal, the house of Israel is saying, “The vision that he sees is for many years ahead; he prophesies for distant times.”
The sound of a raucous multitude was around her, with many of the rabble brought in drunken from the wilderness, and they put bracelets on the arms of the women and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
They do not know how to do right, says the Lord, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.
Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on Mount Samaria, and see what great tumults are within it and what oppressions are in its midst.”
For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe and push aside the needy in the gate.
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you want the day of the Lord? It is darkness, not light,
Do horses run on rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, “Evil shall not overtake or meet us.”
Your wealthy are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies with tongues of deceit in their mouths.
When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!
and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!”
For in one hour all this wealth has been laid waste!” And all shipmasters and seafarers, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off