¹⁴ Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.^(A)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.

⁶ Seek^(A) the Lord while he may be found;^(B)
    call^(C) on him while he is near.

⁷ Let the wicked forsake^(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(B)
Let them turn^(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(E)

¹⁴ “On the day I punish^(A) Israel for her sins,
    I will destroy the altars of Bethel;^(B)
the horns^(C) of the altar will be cut off
    and fall to the ground.