Amos 5:1-6 ▼

1 Hear this word which I take up for you as a funeral lament, O house of Israel:

2 She has fallen; she will not rise again— The virgin Israel. She lies abandoned on her land; There is none to raise her up.

3 For thus says Lord Yahweh, “The city which goes forth one thousand strong Will have one hundred left, And the one which goes forth one hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”

4 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live.

5 But do not seek Bethel, And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into exile, And Bethel will become evil.

6 Seek Yahweh that you may live, Lest He come mightily like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,