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Amos 5:4-9
English Standard Version
Amos 5:4-9
English Standard Version
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(A)“Seek me and live;
5 but do not seek (B)Bethel,
and do not enter into (C)Gilgal
or cross over to (D)Beersheba;
for (E)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and (F)Bethel shall come to nothing.”
6 (G)Seek the Lord and live,
(H)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for (I)Bethel,
7 O (J)you who turn justice to wormwood[a]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 He who made the (K)Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and (L)darkens the day into night,
who (M)calls for the waters of the sea
(N)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(O)the Lord is his name;
9 (P)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
Footnotes
- Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit
Amos 5:4-9
New International Version
Amos 5:4-9
New International Version
4 This is what the Lord says to Israel:
“Seek(A) me and live;(B)
5 do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(C)
do not journey to Beersheba.(D)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a](E)”
6 Seek(F) the Lord and live,(G)
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(H)
it will devour them,
and Bethel(I) will have no one to quench it.(J)
8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(N)
who turns midnight into dawn(O)
and darkens day into night,(P)
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(Q)
9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.(R)
Footnotes
- Amos 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.
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