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But do not look in Bethel
or 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.”
Come to the Lord and live,
    or he will move like fire against the descendants of Joseph.
The fire will burn Bethel,
    and there will be no one to put it out.
You turn justice upside down,
    and you throw on the ground what is right.

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    do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(A)
    do not journey to Beersheba.(B)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a](C)
Seek(D) the Lord and live,(E)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(F)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel(G) will have no one to quench it.(H)

There are those who turn justice into bitterness(I)
    and cast righteousness(J) to the ground.(K)

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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.