12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who (A)distress the righteous and accept bribes
And [a]turn aside the poor in the [b]gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:12 Lit they turn
  2. Amos 5:12 I.e. the place where court was held

11 Her leaders pronounce (A)judgment for a bribe,
Her (B)priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
(C)Is not the Lord in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”

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