Amos 5:7
It is he that executes judgment in the height above, and he has established justice on the earth:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:18Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness.
Psalms 125:5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and + 5:7 Gr. a man.the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.
Isaiah 10:1Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write they do write wickedness,
Isaiah 59:13We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words.
Ezekiel 18:24But when the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, according to all the transgressions which the transgressor has wrought, none of his righteousness which he has wrought shall be at all remembered: in his trespass wherein he has trespassed, and in his sins wherein he has sinned, in them shall he die.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16
God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the Lord , and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →