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But don’t search for me at Bethel.
    Don’t go to Gilgal.
        Don’t travel to Beersheba.
        Gilgal will certainly go into exile.
    Bethel will come to nothing.
Search for Yahweh and live!
    If you don’t, he will spread like a fire through the house of Joseph
        and burn it down.
            Bethel will have no one to put it out.

You, Israel, turn justice into poison
    and throw righteousness on the ground.

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

There are those who turn justice into bitterness(I)
    and cast righteousness(J) to the ground.(K)

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Footnotes

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