⁵     do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,^(A)
    do not journey to Beersheba.^(B)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.^[a](C)”

⁶ 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)

¹³ Therefore the prudent keep quiet^(A) in such times,
    for the times are evil.^(B)

“There will be wailing^(A) in all the streets^(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers^(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.

¹⁷ There will be wailing^(A) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through^(B) your midst,”
says the Lord.^(C)