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12 and because I know that your transgressions are many,
    and your sins are numerous
as you oppose the righteous,
    taking bribes as a ransom,
        and turning away the poor in court[a]
13 therefore the prudent person remains silent at such a time,
    for the time is evil.

14 ‘Pursue good and not evil,
    so that you may live,
and this is what will happen:[b]
    The Lord God of the Heavenly Armies will be with you,
        as you have been claiming.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:12 Lit. in the gate
  2. Amos 5:14 Lit. And so it was