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Amos 5:6 KJV
Amos · chapter 5 · verse 6
Seek 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.Amos 5:6 · King James Version
Amos 5:6 in context
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.
7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- devourʼâkalto eatH398 →
- quenchkâbâhto expire or to extinguishH3518 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- Seekdârashproperly, to tread or frequentH1875 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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