Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. Then the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you as you claim he is. | Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the Lord God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken. |
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: If you seek me, you will survive. | For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live.” |
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Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets. | Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. |
Rather, let justice flow like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream. |
He builds his upper chambers in the heavens and establishes his vault of the sky over the earth— the Lord is his name. | He who builds His layers in the sky, And has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth— The Lord is His name. |