{"id":711,"date":"2007-03-30T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/03\/verse-of-day-those-who-turn-justice.html"},"modified":"2007-03-30T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-30T09:15:00","slug":"verse-of-day-those-who-turn-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/03\/verse-of-day-those-who-turn-justice.html","title":{"rendered":"Verse of the Day: Those Who Turn Justice into Wormwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood, and bring righteousness to the ground! &#8230; They hate the one who reproves in the gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the truth. Therefore because you trample on the poor and take from them levies of grain, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not live in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. 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