Amos 5:1-6 ▼

1 Hear this word which I utter concerning you, this dirge, house of Israel:

2 She is fallen, to rise no more, virgin Israel; She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.

3 For thus says the Lord GOD to the house of Israel: The city that marched out with a thousand shall be left with a hundred, Another that marched out with a hundred shall be left with ten.

4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek me, that you may live,

5 but do not seek Bethel; Do not come to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beer-sheba; For Gilgal shall be led into exile and Bethel shall be no more.

6 Seek the LORD, that you may live, lest he flare up against the house of Joseph like a fire that shall consume the house of Israel, with no one to quench it.