Amos 5:4-15
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.6“aSeek Yahweh that you may live,Lest He come mightily like a bfire, 1O house of Joseph,And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,7For those who overturn ajustice into wormwoodAnd put righteousness down to the earth.”8He who made the aPleiades and OrionAnd boverturns the shadow of death into morning,1Who also cdarkens day into night,Who dcalls for the waters of the seaAnd pours them out on the surface of the earth,eYahweh is His name.9It is He who aflashes forth with devastation upon the strongSo that bdevastation comes upon the fortification.10They hate him who areproves in the 1gate,And they babhor him who speaks with integrity.11Therefore because you 1impose heavy rent on the poorAnd take a tribute of grain from them,Though you have built ahouses of cut stone,Yet you will not live in them;You have planted desirable vineyards, yet you will bnot drink their wine.12For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are mighty,You who adistress the righteous and take bribesAnd 1turn aside the needy in the 2gate.13Therefore at 1such a time the one with insight akeeps silent, for it is an evil time.14Seek good and not evil, in order that you may live;And thus may Yahweh God of hosts be with you,aJust as you have said!15aHate evil, love good,And set justice at the 1gate!Perhaps Yahweh God of hostsbMay be gracious to the cremnant of Joseph.