Amos 5:1-6 ▼

1 Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:

2 The virgin of Israel is fallen, She shall no more rise; She is cast down upon her land, There is none to raise her up.

3 For thus saith the Lord GOD: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, of the house of Israel.

4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live;

5 But seek not Beth-el, Nor enter into Gilgal, And pass not to Beer-sheba; For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Beth-el shall come to nought.

6 Seek the LORD, and live-- Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel--