Amos 5:7-12
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7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars 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: The LORD is his name:
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9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
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10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.