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Amos 5:4
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2 The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
3 For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

A Call to Repentance

4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
a“Seek Me band live; 
5 But do not seek aBethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to bBeersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And cBethel shall come to nothing. 
6 aSeek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel— 
7 You who aturn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!” 
8 He made the aPleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
bAnd makes the day dark as night;
He ccalls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
dThe Lord is His name. 
9 He1 rains ruin upon the strong,
So that fury comes upon the fortress. 
10 aThey hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they babhor the one who speaks uprightly. 
11 aTherefore, because you1 tread down the poor
And take grain1 taxes from him,
Though byou have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted1 pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them. 
12 For I aknow your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
bAfflicting the just and taking bribes;
cDiverting the poor from justice at the gate. 
13 Therefore athe prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time. 
14 Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
aAs you have spoken. 
15 aHate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
bIt may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.  

The Day of the Lord

16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
aAnd skillful lamenters to wailing. 
17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For aI will pass through you,”
Says the Lord. 
Verse Comparison: Amos 5:4

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American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

Amplified® Bible
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek Me [inquire for and of Me and require Me as you require food] and you shall live!

Contemporary English Version
The LORD keeps saying, "Israel, turn back to me and you will live!

Darby English Version
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

Good News Bible
The LORD says to the people of Israel, "Come to me, and you will live.

King James Version
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

New American Standard Bible
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live.

New International Version
This is what the LORD says to the house of Israel:
"Seek me and live;

New King James Version
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel:
"Seek Me and live;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, " Seek Me that you may live.

Revised Standard Version
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;

Young's Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,

New English Translation
The Lord says this to the family1 of Israel: “Seek me2 so you can live!


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