The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.
Amos 5:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You who turn justice into [the bitterness of] wormwood and cast righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) down to the ground, American Standard Version (1901) Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth, Common English Bible Doom to you who turn justice into poison, and throw righteousness to the ground! Catholic Public Domain Version You turn judgment into wormwood, and you abandon justice on earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land, |
The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
For the vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.
But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.
Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, he will die for it.
They speak mere words, taking false oaths while making covenants. So lawsuits break out like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
I will cut off the judge from the land and kill all its officials with him. The Lord has spoken.
The people are incapable of doing right – this is the Lord’s declaration – those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.
Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does anyone plough there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood –
Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,
This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted.
and those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or enquire of him.
Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.