(A)Seek the Lord and live,
    (B)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
    and it devour, with none to quench it for (C)Bethel,
O (D)you who turn justice to wormwood[a]
    and cast down righteousness to the earth!

He who made the (E)Pleiades and Orion,
    and turns deep darkness into the morning
    and (F)darkens the day into night,
who (G)calls for the waters of the sea
    (H)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(I)the Lord is his name;

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit

Seek(A) the Lord and live,(B)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(C)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel(D) will have no one to quench it.(E)

There are those who turn justice into bitterness(F)
    and cast righteousness(G) to the ground.(H)

He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(I)
    who turns midnight into dawn(J)
    and darkens day into night,(K)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(L)

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