Amos 5:12
For I know that your transgressions are many
What it says
The LORD knows their many sins: afflicting the righteous, taking bribes, and pushing aside the needy in the gate.
What it is doing
This verse summarizes the judicial corruption that calls forth judgment.
In context
4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: 5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; 6Seek the LORD and live, 7There are those who turn justice into wormwood 8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, 9He flashes destruction on the strong, 10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate 11Therefore, because you trample on the poor 12For I know that your transgressions are many 13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, 14Seek good, not evil, 15Hate evil and love good;