Amos 5:1-7

New American Standard Bible

5 Hear this word which I am taking up for you as a ^(A)song of mourning, house of Israel:
² She has fallen, she will ^(B)not rise again—
The ^(C)virgin Israel.
She lies unnoticed on her land;
There is ^(D)no one to raise her up.

“The city which goes forth a thousand strong
Will have a ^(E)hundred left,
And the one which goes forth a hundred strong
Will have ^(F)ten left to the house of Israel.”

“^(G)Seek Me ^(H)so that you may live.
⁵ But do not ^[b]resort to ^(I)Bethel
And do not come to ^(J)Gilgal,
Nor cross over to ^(K)Beersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity
And Bethel will ^[c]come to nothing.
^6 (L)Seek the Lord so that you may live,
Or He will break through like a ^(M)fire, ^[d]house of Joseph,
And it will consume with no one to extinguish it for Bethel,
⁷ For those who turn ^(N)justice into wormwood,
And ^[e]throw righteousness to the earth.”