Amos 5:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You should go to the Lord for help. He is the one who made the Pleiades and Orion. He changes darkness into the morning light. He changes the day into the dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is YAHWEH! He keeps one strong city safe, and he lets another strong city be destroyed.” You change justice to poison. You throw away fairness like trash.

Cross References

Amos 6:12

Do horses run over loose rocks? No, and people don’t use cows for plowing. But you turned everything upside down. You changed justice and goodness to bitter poison.

Zephaniah 1:6

They have turned away from me, the Lord. They have stopped following me. They no longer ask me, the Lord, for help.”

Hosea 10:4

They make promises, but they are only telling lies. They don’t keep their promises. They make agreements with other countries. God does not like those agreements. The judges are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.

Ezekiel 3:20

“If good people stop being good and begin to do evil, and I send something that makes them stumble and sin, they will die because they sinned. But since you did not warn them and remind them of the good things they had done, I will make you responsible for their death.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Be sure that there is no man, woman, family or tribe here today who turns away from the Lord our God. No one should go and serve the gods of the other nations. People who do that are like a plant that grows bitter and poisonous fruit.

Ezekiel 33:18

If good people stop doing good and begin to sin, they will die because of their sins.

Ezekiel 18:24

“Now, maybe good people might stop being good. They might change their lives and begin to do all the terrible things that evil people have done in the past. (The evil people changed, so they can live.) So if those good people change and become bad, God will not remember all the good things they did. He will remember that they turned against him and began to sin. So they will die because of their sin.

Isaiah 10:1

Just look at those lawmakers who write evil laws and make life hard for the people.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the house of Israel. The grapevine, the plant he loves, is the man of Judah. The Lord hoped for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for fairness, but there were only cries from people being treated badly.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They demand bribes and accept money for doing wrong. They take money to cheat people, and they don’t speak up for widows and orphans. They will not even listen to their cries for help.

Psalm 125:5

But, Lord, when you punish those who do evil, also punish those who have stopped following your way. Let Israel always enjoy peace!

Psalm 36:3

Their words are wicked lies. They have stopped doing anything wise or good.

Proverbs 21:7

The bad things that evil people do will destroy them, because they refuse to do what is right.

Isaiah 5:20

Look at those people! They say good is bad and bad is good. They think light is dark and dark is light. They think sour is sweet and sweet is sour.

Amos 2:3

So I will bring an end to the kings of Moab, and I will kill all the leaders of Moab.” This is what the Lord said.

Isaiah 46:12

“Listen to me, you stubborn people! You are far from doing what is right.

Micah 3:9

Leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel, listen to me! You hate the right way of living! If something is straight, then you make it crooked!

Habakkuk 1:4

The law is weak and not fair to people. Evil people win their fights against good people. So the law is no longer fair, and justice does not win anymore.