10 Now then, you kings, (A)use insight;
Let yourselves be instructed, you [a]judges of the earth.

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  1. Psalm 2:10 Or leaders

Their judges are (A)thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

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For those who turn (A)justice into wormwood,
And [a]throw righteousness to the earth.”

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  1. Amos 5:7 Lit they have thrown

12 For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great,
You who are (A)hostile to the righteous and accept bribes,
And [a]turn away the poor from justice at the [b]gate.

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

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one [a]plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned (A)justice into poison,
And the fruit of righteousness into [b]wormwood,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:12 Another reading is plow the sea with oxen
  2. Amos 6:12 I.e., bitterness

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