Amo 5:4-8 | NASB2020 | STEP | For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel : “ Seek Me so that you may live .

Amos 5:4-8

4 For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel:

“ ^aSeek Me ^bso that 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 ^{▼▼Lit be}come to nothing.
6 “ ^hSeek the Lord so that you may live,
Or He will break through like a ⁱfire, ^{▼▼Or in the house}house of Joseph,
And it will consume with no one to extinguish it for Bethel,
7 For those who turn ^kjustice into wormwood,
And ^{▼▼Lit they have thrown}throw righteousness 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.