Words of encouragement

The Lord proclaims to the house of Israel: Seek me and live.

But don’t seek Bethel, don’t enter into Gilgal, or cross over to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal will go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

Seek the Lord and live, or else God might rush like a fire against the house of Joseph. The fire will burn up Bethel, with no one to put it out.

I know how many are your crimes, and how numerous are your sins— afflicting the righteous, taking money on the side, turning away the poor who seek help.

Words of inspiration

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of heavenly forces, will be with you just as you have said.

They will wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they will roam all around, seeking the Lord’s word, but they won’t find it.