Amos 5:1-6 ▼

1 Hear this word which I am taking up for you as a song of mourning, house of Israel:

2 She has fallen, she will not rise again— The virgin Israel. She lies unnoticed on her land; There is no one to raise her up.

3 For this is what the Lord GOD says: “The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”

4 For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me so that you may live.

5 “But do not resort to Bethel And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity And Bethel will come to nothing.

6 “Seek the LORD so that you may live, Or He will break through like a fire, house of Joseph, And it will consume with no one to extinguish it for Bethel,