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Seek God, and Live

“For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel:

‘Seek me and live,
but don’t seek Bethel.
Don’t go to Gilgal,
        and don’t pass over to Beer-sheba.
Because Gilgal will surely go into captivity,[a]
    and Bethel will come to nothing.

‘Seek the Lord and live!
    Otherwise, he may break out like a fire in the house of Joseph
        and devour Bethel,[b]
    and there will be no one to extinguish it.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:5 The root Heb. for Gilgal is a pun on the Heb. go into captivity
  2. Amos 5:6 So MT; LXX reads devour the House of Israel