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Amos 5:6

Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

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ASV

Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

KJV

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 Beth–el.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
דִּרְשׁ֥וּdir.ShuseekH1875 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וִֽחְי֑וּvich.Yuand liveH2421 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
יִצְלַ֤חyitz.Lachhe should rushH6743 →
כָּאֵשׁ֙ka.'Eshlike <the> fireH784 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefJosephH3130 →
וְאָכְלָ֥הve.'a.khe.Lahand it will consumeH398 →
וְאֵין־ve.'ein-and notH369 →
מְכַבֶּ֖הme.kha.Beh[one who] extinguishes [it]H3518 →
לְבֵֽית־le.veit-[will belong] to Beth-H1008 →
אֵֽל׃'El-elH1008 →

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1 Chronicles 16:11Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.Ezekiel 20:47–48Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.Genesis 48:8–20When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”Mark 9:43–48If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.Amos 5:4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!Zechariah 10:6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.Amos 5:14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.Deuteronomy 4:24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.1 Kings 11:28Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.Isaiah 1:31The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.Judges 1:22–23The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.Ezekiel 37:19you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’

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About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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