Amos 5:1-5
Amos 5:1
Hear this word which I am taking up for you as a song of mourning, house of Israel:
Amos 5:2
She has fallen, she will not rise again— The virgin Israel. She lies unnoticed on her land; There is no one to raise her up.
Amos 5:3
For this is what the Lord God says: “The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”
Amos 5:4
For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me so that you may live.
Amos 5:5
“But do not resort to Bethel And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity And Bethel will come to nothing.