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“For this is what the Lord God says:

‘The city that is sending out a thousand
    will have a hundred left;
The city[a] that is sending out a hundred
    will have ten left of the house of Israel.’”

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,[b]
    and Bethel will come to nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:3 The Heb. lacks The city
  2. Amos 5:5 The root Heb. for Gilgal is a pun on the Heb. go into captivity

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.