World English Bible
"who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress."
— Amos 5:9, World English Bible
“That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.”
“that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress. ”
“He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)”
“He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.”
“Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.”
“That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.”
Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:
seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.