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This is what Adonay Yahweh says:

The city that sends 1,000 troops off to war
    will have only 100 left.
    The one that sends 100 troops off to war
    will have only 10 left for the nation of Israel.

A Threefold Call to Turn Away from Sin

This is what Yahweh says to the nation of Israel:

Search for me and live!
But don’t search for me at Bethel.
    Don’t go to Gilgal.
        Don’t travel to Beersheba.
        Gilgal will certainly go into exile.
    Bethel will come to 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.