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Amos 5:12-16

Amos 5:12

For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great, You who are hostile to the righteous and accept bribes, And turn away the poor from justice at the gate.

Amos 5:13

Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps quiet, because it is an evil time.

Amos 5:14

Seek good and not evil, so that you may live; And so may the Lord God of armies be with you, Just as you have said!

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the Lord God of armies Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:16

Therefore this is what the Lord God of armies, the Lord says: “There is mourning in all the public squares, And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to mourning rites.