Holy Scripture

Amos 5:4

A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 4, 5.) Because thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: seek me, and you will live, and do not seek Bethel, and do not enter Galgala, and do not pass through Bersabee, because Galgala will be taken captive, and Bethel will be useless. LXX: Because thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: seek me, and you wi…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Amos

Source: Septuagint

Original

4Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

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2The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.

3Therefore thus saith the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, in it there shall be left a hundred, and in that out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel.

— Amos 5:4 —

5But seek not Bethel, and go not in to Gilgal, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.

6Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.

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