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7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
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There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.
8 [seek him] that maketh the Pleiades 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 (Jehovah is his name);
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He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name.
9 that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
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With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin.
10 They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.
11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
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You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
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For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
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Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.
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