Amos 5:6
Seek Yahweh and live, 1 or he will break out like fire 1 in the house of Joseph. 1 It will devour, 1 and there will be no one to quench it in Bethel. 1
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7Those people turn justice into a bitter thing 1 and throw righteousness down to the ground!” 1
Cross References
Genesis 48:8When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, “Whose are these?”
Deuteronomy 4:24For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Joshua 18:5They will divide it into seven sections. Judah will remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph will continue in their territory in the north.
2 Samuel 19:20For your servant knows that I have sinned. See, that is why I have come today as the first from all the family of Joseph to come down to meet my master the king.”
2 Chronicles 34:25This will happen because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, and they have provoked me to anger by all that their hands have made, therefore, my anger will be poured out on this place, and it will not be extinguished.' + 34:25 Instead of will be poured out on this place , some versions have, will be kindled against this place .
Isaiah 1:31The strong man will be like tinder, and his work like a spark; 1 they will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16
God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 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. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →