Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amos — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. 1. Audite verbum hoc quod ego tollo super vos, lamentum domus Israel. Some render the verse thus, "Hear ye this word, because upon you, or for you, I raise a lamentation:" but…