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Amos 5:15 KJV
Amos · chapter 5 · verse 15 · King James Version
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.Amos 5:15 · King James Version
Amos 5:15 in context
13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
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Key words (Strong's)
- establishyâtsagto place permanentlyH3322 →
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- Hatesânêʼto hateH8130 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- loveʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
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