Verse 24

Amos 5:24

King James Version

24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/יִגַּ֥ל כַּ/מַּ֖יִם מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ/צְדָקָ֖ה כְּ/נַ֥חַל אֵיתָֽן

English Translation

And justice will flow like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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Chapter 5 Context

1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. Focus ↗

2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none... Focus ↗

3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that w... Focus ↗

4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: Focus ↗

5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go i... Focus ↗

6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it,... Focus ↗

7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Focus ↗

8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, an... Focus ↗

9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortre... Focus ↗

10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. Focus ↗

11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye hav... Focus ↗

12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bri... Focus ↗

13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Focus ↗

14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God (Elohim) of hosts, shall be with... Focus ↗

15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God (E... Focus ↗

16 Therefore the LORD, the God (Elohim) of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets... Focus ↗

17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. Focus ↗

18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is dar... Focus ↗

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on... Focus ↗

20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? Focus ↗

21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Focus ↗

22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I r... Focus ↗

23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. Focus ↗

24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? Focus ↗

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which y... Focus ↗

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The G... Focus ↗

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