Amo 5:7, 10, 12 | JFB | STEP | 7. turn judgment to wormwood-- that is, pervert it to most bitter wrong. As justice is sweet, so injustice is bitter to the injured. "Wormwood" is from a Hebrew root, to "execrate," on account of its noxious and bitter qualities. leave on righteousness in ... earth-- Maurer translates, "cast righteousness to the ground," as in ; .

‏ Amos 5:7

7. turn judgment to wormwood--that is, pervert it to most bitter wrong. As justice is sweet, so injustice is bitter to the injured. "Wormwood" is from a Hebrew root, to "execrate," on account of its noxious and bitter qualities.

leave on righteousness in ... earth--Maurer translates, "cast righteousness to the ground," as in Is 28:2; Da 8:12.

‏ Amos 5:10

10. him that rebuketh in the gate--the judge who condemns their iniquity in the place of judgment (Is 29:21).

abhor him that speaketh uprightly--the prophet telling them the unwelcome truth: answering in the parallelism to the judge, "that rebuketh in the gate" (compare 1Ki 22:8; Pr 9:8; 12:1; Jr 36:23).

‏ Amos 5:12

12. they afflict ... they take--rather, "(ye) who afflict ... take."

bribe--literally, a price with which one who has an unjust cause ransoms himself from your sentence (1Sa 12:3, Margin; Pr 6:35).

turn aside the poor in the gate--refuse them their right in the place of justice (Am 2:7; Is 29:21).