5. But do not look in Bethel.Do not go to Gilgal,and do not go down to Beersheba.The people of Gilgal will be taken away as captives.And Bethel will become nothing.”
6. Come to the Lord and live.If you don’t, he will destroy the descendants of Joseph as a fire would.The fire will burn.But there will be no one to put it out for Bethel.
7. You change the justice of the courts into something unfair.You reject what is right.
8. God is the one who made the star groups Pleiades and Orion.He changes darkness into the morning light.And he changes the day into the dark night.He calls for the waters of the seato pour out on the earth.The Lord is his name.
9. He destroys the protected city.And he ruins the strong, walled city.
10. You hate those who speak in court against evil.And you hate those who tell the truth.
11. You walk on poor people.You force them to give you grain.You have built fancy houses of cut stone.But you will not live in them.You have planted beautiful vineyards.But you will not drink the wine from them.