Amos 5:7

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Ye who

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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to

לַעֲנָה

laʻănâh

H3939

wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)

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and

עָזַב

ʻâzab

H5800

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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off

צְדָקָה

tsᵉdâqâh

H6666

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

wormwood H3939

לַעֲנָה laʻănâh

wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)

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leave H5800

עָזַב ʻâzab

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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turn H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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judgment H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...

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righteousness H6666

צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

Amos 6:12 cross-reference

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

Hosea 10:4 cross-reference

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Ezekiel 3:20 cross-reference

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si...

Deuteronomy 29:18 cross-reference

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a ...

Zephaniah 1:6 cross-reference

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

Psalm 36:3 cross-reference

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Ezekiel 33:18 cross-reference

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Isaiah 5:7 cross-reference

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Ezekiel 18:24 cross-reference

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he...

Isaiah 1:23 cross-reference

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Psalm 125:5 cross-reference

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Isaiah 10:1 cross-reference

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

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