Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
Amos 6:3 - King James 2000 You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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; |
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
And you said, I shall be a lady forever: so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of them.
Come you, they say, I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
They that did eat delicacies are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace ash heaps.
Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of the times that are far off.
And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, who put bracelets upon their wrists, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in its midst, and the oppressed in its midst.
For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The calamity shall not overtake nor meet us.
For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming;
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For in one hour such great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all seafarers, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,