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But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood. — Amos 6:12c (NRSV) • Context: Amos 6:1-14

Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate, it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. — But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. — Amos 5:15, 24 (NRSV) • Context: Amos 5:1-24

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, “Bring something to drink!” — Amos 4:1 (NRSV) • Context: Amos 4:1-13

They do not know how to do right, says the Lord, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds. — Amos 3:10 (NRSV) • Context: Amos 3:1-15

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. — Amos 2:6 (NRSV) • Context: Amos 2:6-16

(Israel’s) shoots shall spread out, his beauty shall be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like that of Lebanon. They shall again live beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden, they shall blossom like the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine from Lebanon. — Hosea 14:6-7 (NRSV) • Context: Hosea 14:1-7

I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim, for I am God and no mortal, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath. — Hosea 11:9 (NRSV) • Context: Hosea 11:1-11