American Standard Version
"Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth, "
— Amos 5:7, American Standard Version
“Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,”
“You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:”
“The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.”
“You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,”
“You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;”
“Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,”
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.