Amos 5:7 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

KJV

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ASV

Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

WEB

There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

YLT

Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

DBT

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

About this book

Old Testament

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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28 verses on the floor

Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Amos 5:24
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

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); enquire after him; enquire of him; seek to know his mind as your rule, to secure his favour as your felicity." To press this exhortation we are told to consider, (1.) What we shall get by seeking God; it will be our life; we shall find him, and shall be happy in him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Corruptio optimi est pessima -- The best, when corrupted, becomes the worst. "You leave off righteousness in the earth, as if those that do wrong were accountable to the God of heaven only, and not to the princes and judges of the earth. " Thus it was as before the flood, when the earth was filled with violence.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Temporary promises are made with an It may be; and our prayers must be made accordingly. Threatenings and Reproofs. 16 Therefore the L ORD , the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Connections1

Where this verse connects

Chiasm Amos 5:10
Amos 5 chiasm inner pair: turning justice to wormwood mirrors hating the reprover in the gate. confidence=widely-accepted.
de Waard, VT 27 (1977): 170-177

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

AMO 5:7ZEP 1:6 JER 2:13
AMO 5:7ZEP 1:6 ISA 1:4
AMO 5:7AMO 6:12 HOS 10:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
AMO 5:7ZEP 1:6 JER 15:6
AMO 5:7DEU 29:18 HEB 12:15
AMO 5:7DEU 29:18 DEU 11:16-17
AMO 5:7ZEP 1:6 JER 2:17
AMO 5:7ZEP 1:6 HEB 10:38-39

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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