Amos 5:4

For the Lord says this to Israel: Seek me and live,

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

In Context

3For the Lord God says this: The city that marches out with a thousand soldiers has only a hundred left, and the one that marches out with a hundred has only ten left.

5But do not seek Bethel, do not enter Gilgal, do not go over to Beer-sheba. For Gilgal will enter exile, and Bethel will go to destruction.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:26The afflicted will eat to their heart’s desire, and those who seek after the Lord will praise him. Lift up your hearts forever.

Psalms 69:32The oppressed shall rejoice at the sight. You who seek after God, let your heart revive.

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:2-4

Invitations and Warnings. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. 3 For thus saith the Lord God ; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. This chapter begins, as those two next foregoing began, with, Hear this word. Where God has a mouth… Read the whole commentary →

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