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One view shows a petitioner heard at the gate; another shows mourners in a vineyard.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Amos 5:14-17

Establish Justice in the Gate

Let Justice Roll · Amos 5

Story guide: The views distinguish the appeal to establish justice from the following warning; neither claims fulfillment.

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14Seek good and not evil, so that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.

15Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

16Therefore, thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the Lord: In all the squares there will be wailing, and in all the streets they will say, “Alas! Alas!” They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who know lamentation to wailing.

17And in all the vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst," says Yahweh.

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