King James Version
Amos 5:7 in the King James Version says “Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,” — study this verse from Amos chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,”
Amos 5:7 · KJV
But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. spoiled: Heb. spoil
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Ye who turn”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
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