10 Now therefore, O kings, (A)show discernment;
Take warning, O [a]judges of the earth.

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  1. Psalm 2:10 Or leaders

Their judges are (A)thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

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For those who turn (A)justice into wormwood
And [a]cast righteousness down to the earth.”

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  1. Amos 5:7 Lit they have put down

12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who (A)distress the righteous and accept bribes
And [a]turn aside the poor in the [b]gate.

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  1. Amos 5:12 Lit they turn
  2. Amos 5:12 I.e. the place where court was held

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [a]them with oxen?
Yet you have turned (A)justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into [b]wormwood,

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  1. Amos 6:12 Another reading is the sea with oxen
  2. Amos 6:12 I.e. bitterness