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Amos 5:4–5

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4For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel,

“aSeek Me bthat you may live.

5“But do not seek aBethel,

And do not come to bGilgal,

Nor cross over to cBeersheba;

For Gilgal will certainly go into 1exile,

And Bethel will become 2evil.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Gilgal sounds like Heb root galah, which means to go into exile
  2. 2Or Beth Aven, cf. Hos 4:15; 5:8; 10:5

Cross references

  1. aDeut 4:29; 32:46, 47; Jer 29:13
  2. bIs 55:3
  3. a1 Kin 12:28, 29; Amos 3:14; 4:4; 7:10, 13
  4. b1 Sam 7:16; 11:14
  5. cGen 21:31–33; Amos 8:14

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:

“Seek me and live;

but do not seek Bethel,

and do not enter into Gilgal

or cross over to Beersheba;

for Gilgal shall surely go into exile,

and Bethel shall come to nothing.”

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is what the Lord says to Israel:

“Seek me and live;

do not seek Bethel,

do not go to Gilgal,

do not journey to Beersheba.

For Gilgal will surely go into exile,

and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the Lord says to the house of Israel:

Seek me and live!

Do not seek Bethel

or go to Gilgal

or journey to Beer-sheba,

for Gilgal will certainly go into exile,

and Bethel will come to nothing.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Now this is what the Lord says to the family of Israel:

“Come back to me and live!

Don’t worship at the pagan altars at Bethel;

don’t go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.

For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,

and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, “Seek me so that you may live.” But do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal or cross over to Beersheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile and Bethel will come to disaster.”

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel,

Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal,

And pass not to Beer-sheba:

For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,

And Beth-el shall come to nought.

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