耶和華對以色列家說:
「你們要尋求我,才能存活。
不要去伯特利求問,
不要進入吉甲,
也不要前往別示巴,
因為吉甲人必被擄去,
伯特利也必化為烏有。」
你們要尋求耶和華,才能存活。
否則,祂要在約瑟家[a]如烈火爆發,
吞噬伯特利,無人能撲滅。

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Footnotes

  1. 5·6 約瑟家」此處指約瑟的子孫以法蓮和瑪拿西兩個支派,聖經中有時用約瑟家代指北國以色列。

This is what the Lord says to Israel:

“Seek(A) me and live;(B)
    do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(C)
    do not journey to Beersheba.(D)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a](E)
Seek(F) the Lord and live,(G)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(H)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel(I) will have no one to quench it.(J)

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  1. Amos 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.