Amos 5:6
Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
Cross References
Genesis 48:8And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, 'Who [are] these?'
Deuteronomy 4:24for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming — a zealous God.
Joshua 18:5and they have divided it into seven portions — Judah doth stay by its border on the south, and the house of Joseph do stay by their border on the north —
2 Samuel 19:20for thy servant hath known that I have sinned; and lo, I have come to-day, first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king.'
2 Chronicles 34:25because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and poured out is My fury upon this place, and it is not quenched.
Isaiah 1:31And the strong hath been for tow, And his work for a spark, And burned have both of them together, And there is none quenching!
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 →