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Amos 5:15

NETBible	Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote¹ justice at the city gate!² Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on³ those who are left from⁴ Joseph.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Amo 5:15	Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 5:15	Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the LORD God of hosts May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
NLT © biblegateway Amo 5:15	Hate evil and love what is good; remodel your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on his people who remain.
MSG © biblegateway Amo 5:15	Hate evil and love good, then work it out in the public square. Maybe GOD, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies, will notice your remnant and be gracious.
BBE © SABDAweb Amo 5:15	Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
NRSV © bibleoremus Amo 5:15	Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
NKJV © biblegateway Amo 5:15	Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the LORD God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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KJV	Hate <08130> (8798) the evil <07451>_, and love <0157> (8798) the good <02896>_, and establish <03322> (8685) judgment <04941> in the gate <08179>_: it may be that the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635> will be gracious <02603> (8799) unto the remnant <07611> of Joseph <03130>_.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 5:15	Hate <08130> evil <07451> , love <0157> good <02896> , And establish <03322> justice <04941> in the gate <08179> ! Perhaps <0194> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635> May be gracious <02603> to the remnant <07611> of Joseph <03130> .
LXXM	memishkamen <3404> V-RAI-1P ta <3588> T-APN ponhra <4190> A-APN kai <2532> CONJ hgaphkamen <25> V-RAI-1P ta <3588> T-APN kala <2570> A-APN kai <2532> CONJ apokatasthsate <600> V-AAD-2P en <1722> PREP pulaiv <4439> N-DPF krima <2917> N-ASN opwv <3704> CONJ elehsh <1653> V-AAD-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM pantokratwr <3841> N-NSM touv <3588> T-APM periloipouv {A-APM} tou <3588> T-GSM iwshf <2501> N-PRI
NET [draft] ITL	Hate <08130> what is wrong <07451> , love <0157> what is right <02896> ! Promote <03322> justice <04941> at the city gate <08179> ! Maybe <0194> the Lord <03068> , the God <0430> who commands armies <06635> , will have mercy <02603> on those who are left <07611> from Joseph <03130> .
HEBREW	o Powy <03130> tyras <07611> twabu <06635> yhla <0430> hwhy <03068> Nnxy <02603> ylwa <0194> jpsm <04941> resb <08179> wgyuhw <03322> bwj <02896> wbhaw <0157> er <07451> wanv (5:15) <08130>

NETBible

Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote¹ justice at the city gate!² Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on³ those who are left from⁴ Joseph.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “set up, establish.” In the ancient Near East it was the responsibility especially of the king to establish justice. Here the prophet extends that demand to local leaders and to the nation as a whole (cf. 5:24).

²sn Legal disputes were resolved in the city gate (see the note in v. 12). This repetition of this phrase serves to highlight a deliberate contrast to the injustices cited in vv. 11-13.

³tn Or “will show favor to.”

⁴tn Or “the remnant of” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “what’s left of your people.”

⁵sn Joseph (= Ephraim and Manasseh), as the most prominent of the Israelite tribes, represents the entire northern kingdom.