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Amos 5:4

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For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

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  1. Amos 5:2

    The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

  2. Amos 5:3

    For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

  3. Amos 5:5

    But seek not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el shall come to nought.

  4. Amos 5:6

    Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth–el.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.