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This is what the Lord God says:

“If 1,000 soldiers leave a city,
    only 100 will return.
If 100 soldiers leave a city,
    only 10 will return.”

This is what the Lord says to the nation of Israel:

“Come to me and live.
    But do not look in Bethel.
Do not go to Gilgal,
    and do not go down to Beersheba.
The people of Gilgal will be taken away as captives.
    And Bethel will become nothing.”

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This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
    will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
    will have only ten left.(A)

This is what the Lord says to Israel:

“Seek(B) me and live;(C)
    do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(D)
    do not journey to Beersheba.(E)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.