² “Fallen, no more to rise,
    is ^(B)the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
    with none to raise her up.”

“The city that went out a thousand
    shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
    shall have ten left
    to the house of Israel.”

^(C)“Seek me and live;
⁵     but do not seek ^(D)Bethel,
and do not enter into ^(E)Gilgal
    or cross over to ^(F)Beersheba;
for ^(G)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
    and ^(H)Bethel shall come to nothing.”

^6 (I)Seek the Lord and live,
    ^(J)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
    and it devour, with none to quench it for ^(K)Bethel,
⁷ O ^(L)you who turn justice to wormwood^[a]
    and cast down righteousness to the earth!

^14 (A)Seek good, and not evil,
    that you may live;
and so the Lord, ^(B)the God of hosts, will be with you,
    as you have said.
^15 (C)Hate evil, and love good,
    and establish justice ^(D)in the gate;
^(E)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
    will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

⁸ God ^(A)reigns over the nations;
    God sits on his holy throne.
^9 (B)The princes of the peoples gather
    as the people of the God of Abraham.
For ^(C)the shields of the earth belong to God;
    he is highly exalted!