For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,

(A)Seek Me (B)that you may live.
“But do not [a]resort to (C)Bethel
And do not come to (D)Gilgal,
Nor cross over to (E)Beersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity
And Bethel will [b]come to trouble.
(F)Seek the Lord that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a (G)fire, [c]O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:5 Lit seek
  2. Amos 5:5 Or become iniquity
  3. Amos 5:6 Or in the house