6. Go to the Lord, and you will live. If you do not go, he will sweep down like fire on the people of Israel. The fire will burn up the people of Bethel, and no one will be able to put it out.
7. You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!
8. The Lord made the stars,the Pleiades and Orion.He turns darkness into daylight,and day into night.He calls for the waters of the seaand pours them out on the earth.His name is the Lord.
9. He brings destruction on the mighty and their strongholds.
10. You people hate anyone who challenges injustice and speaks the whole truth in court.
11. You have oppressed the poor and robbed them of their grain. And so you will not live in the fine stone houses you build or drink wine from the beautiful vineyards you plant.
12. I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.
13. And so, keeping quiet in such evil times is the clever thing to do!