Amos 5:12
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.”
צַדִּיק
The blessed man is not the one who has never fallen — it is the one who knows where not to stand, not to walk, not to sit. Righteousness in the Psalms is relational — it is being in right standing with God, walking in step with Him, rooted in His word like a tree by water.
כֹּפֶר
ransom
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כֹּפֶר
properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price
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פֶּשַׁע
transgressions/ your
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פֶּשַׁע
Transgression, rebellion. Pesha. Wilful rebellion against God. Not just a mistake but a deliberate crossing of a known boundary. God forgives even this completely.
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נָטָה
they turn aside
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נָטָה
To incline, to stretch out, to bend. Natah. He inclined His ear to me. God bends down to listen. He positions Himself to hear the faintest cry of His people.
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יָדַע
I know
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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חַטָּאָה
sins/ your
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חַטָּאָה
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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צָרַר
O opposers of
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צָרַר
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
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רַב
many
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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לָקַח
O takers of
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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