^{4 Ref} For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,

^{5 Ref} And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.

^{6 Ref} Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire `against' the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.

^{7 Ref} Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

^{8 Ref} The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day `as' night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah `is' His name;