Amos 5:4-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
Seek me and live,(A)
5 but do not seek Bethel,
and do not enter into Gilgal
or cross over to Beer-sheba,
for Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and Bethel shall come to nothing.(B)
6 Seek the Lord and live,
or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire,
and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.(C)
7 Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood
and bring righteousness to the ground!
8 The one who made the Pleiades and Orion
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and darkens the day into night,
who calls for the water of the sea
and pours it out on the surface of the earth,
the Lord is his name,(D)
9 who makes destruction flash out against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.(E)
11 Therefore because you trample on the poor
and take from them levies of grain,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not live in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.(F)
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe
and push aside the needy in the gate.(G)
13 Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good and not evil,
that you may live,
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
just as you have said.(H)
15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(I)
Amos 5:4-15
English Standard Version
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(A)“Seek me and live;
5 but do not seek (B)Bethel,
and do not enter into (C)Gilgal
or cross over to (D)Beersheba;
for (E)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and (F)Bethel shall come to nothing.”
6 (G)Seek the Lord and live,
(H)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for (I)Bethel,
7 O (J)you who turn justice to wormwood[a]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 He who made the (K)Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and (L)darkens the day into night,
who (M)calls for the waters of the sea
(N)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(O)the Lord is his name;
9 (P)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
10 (Q)They hate him who reproves (R)in the gate,
and they (S)abhor him who speaks the truth.
11 Therefore because you (T)trample on[b] the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
(U)you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
(V)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (W)take a bribe,
and (X)turn aside the needy (Y)in the gate.
13 Therefore he who is prudent will (Z)keep silent in such a time,
(AA)for it is an evil time.
14 (AB)Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, (AC)the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
15 (AD)Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice (AE)in the gate;
(AF)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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