Amo 5:4-8 | NASB1995 | STEP | For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel , “ Seek Me that you may live .

Amos 5:4-8

4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, ^a“Seek Me ^bthat you may live.
5 “But do not ^{▼▼ Lit seek}resort to ^dBethel
And do not come to ^eGilgal,
Nor cross over to ^fBeersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity
And Bethel will ^{▼▼ Or become iniquity}come to trouble.
6 ^h“Seek the Lord that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a ⁱfire, ^{▼▼ Or in the house}O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,
7 For those who turn ^kjustice into wormwood
And ^{▼▼ Lit they have put down}cast righteousness down to the earth.”

8 He who made the ^mPleiades and Orion
And ⁿchanges deep darkness into morning,
^{▼▼ Lit And He darkened}Who also ^pdarkens day into night,
Who ^qcalls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The ^rLord is His name.