Amos 5:4 KJV

Amos · chapter 5 · verse 4

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:Amos 5:4 · King James Version

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2The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

3For 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.

4For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

5But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

6Seek 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 Bethel.

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Commentary

This is a message from God to the house of Israel, in which, I. They are told of their faults, that they might see what occasion there was for them to repent and reform, and that, when they were called to return, they might not need to ask, Wherein shall we return? 1.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-15

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
housebayitha houseH1004 →
LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
Seekdârashproperly, to tread or frequentH1875 →

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