Verse 5
Amos 5:5
King James Version
5
But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אַֽל תִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ בֵּֽית אֵ֔ל וְ/הַ/גִּלְגָּל֙ לֹ֣א תָבֹ֔אוּ וּ/בְאֵ֥ר שֶׁ֖בַע לֹ֣א תַעֲבֹ֑רוּ כִּ֤י הַ/גִּלְגָּל֙ גָּלֹ֣ה יִגְלֶ֔ה וּ/בֵֽית אֵ֖ל יִהְיֶ֥ה לְ/אָֽוֶן
English Translation
And do not seek Bethel, and do not go to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beer Sheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be worthless.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Hear ye this word which I take up against you,
even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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2
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land;
there is none...
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3
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out
by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that w...
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4
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
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5
But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go i...
6
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour
it,...
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7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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8
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, an...
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9
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortre...
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10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading
is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye hav...
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12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bri...
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13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it
is an evil time.
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14
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God (Elohim) of hosts, shall be with...
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15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God (E...
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16
Therefore the LORD, the God (Elohim) of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing
shall be in all streets...
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17
And in all vineyards
shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
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18
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end
is
it for you? the day of the LORD
is dar...
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19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on...
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20
Shall not the day of the LORD
be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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21
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
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22
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept
them: neither will I r...
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23
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
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24
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
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25
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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26
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which y...
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27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name
is The G...
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