Seek good, and not evil, That you may live; And so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, As you say.
Another structural feature stresses the solidarity between Yahweh and His prophet, namely, the alternation between of the words of Amos (Amos 5:1-2; Amos 5:6-9; Amos 5:14-15) and the words of God (Amos 5:3-5; Amos 5:10-13; Amos 5:16-17).