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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 5:6

Render, lest he rush down like fire on the house of Joseph (i.e., the Northern Kingdom). For “in Bethel” read “for Bethel.” Let the blending of mercy with judgment be here observed, “Seek Jehovah and live, lest this evil befall you.” The curse is still conditional.

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See also Amos 5:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Amos 5:6. _SEEK THE LORD, AND YE SHALL LIVE_] Repeated from Amos 5:4. _IN THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH_] The Israelites of the _ten_ tribes, of whom Ephraim and Manasseh, sons of Joseph, were the chief....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SEEK YE THE LORD AND YE SHALL LIVE - Literally, “seek the Lord and live;” being united to Him, the Fountain of life. He reimpresses on them the one simple need of the creature, “seek God,” the one tru...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 The Third Discourse _ 1. The lamentation (Amos 5:1) _ 2. Seek the Lord and ye shall live (Amos 5:4) 3. The wailing (Amos 5:16) 4. The captivity announced ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT. The prophet gives his next few words the form of a dirge (_kî nah_,_ Amos 5:1_). This (Amos 5:2) is characterised by the peculiar _kî nah-metre_, consisting of three beats or...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JOSEPH. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole Northern Kingdom....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Proof that Israel merits the fate which has just been pronounced against it: it has sought Jehovah by a ritual which He does not value, and it has spurned the virtues which He really prizes. _Seek ye...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Seek_ JEHOVAH, &c. The exhortation of Amos 5:4 is repeated, and enforced with a fresh motive lest a fire, namely, kindled by Jehovah, advance irresistibly, and spread irretrievable destruction in Isr...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _SEEK HIM THAT MADE THE STARS -- AMOS 5:1-9:_ Amos brought a mournful message from God to the house of Israel. He called upon them to listen to God's word. God is grieved over their wrongs and his des...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REVELATION CALLS FOR REPENTANCEGOD'S OMNIPOTENCE AND OMNISCIENCE TEXT: Amos 5:6-13 6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour and there be...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. SEEK THE LORD ... LEST HE BREAK OUT LIKE FIRE - bursti...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE THIRD ADDRESS 1-6. A lament, a warning, and an invitation. 7, 10-20. Denunciation of injustice and oppression, with threats of pestilence and judgment. 21-27. A repudiation of their attempt to...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 5 GOD ENCOURAGES ISRAEL’S PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO HIM V1 People in Israel, listen to this song. ‘This funeral song is ab...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    דִּרְשׁ֥וּ אֶת ־יְהוָ֖ה וִֽ חְי֑וּ פֶּן ־יִצְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICE Amos 5:1 In the next of these groups of oracles Amos continues his attack on the national ritual, and now contrasts it with the service of God in public life-the relief of the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD” Amos 4:12-13; Amos 5:1-15 Worse judgments than those mentioned in the previous verses were in store but before they are inflicted, the entire nation is summoned to the divin...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The third discourse was a description of Jehovah's judgment. This opened with a lamentation for the virgin of Israel, "The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise, she is cast down upon her...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Joseph. His two grandchildren gave name to the principle tribes of the kingdom. --- Bethel. Septuagint, "Israel," which seems preferable. (Calmet) --- Yet Bethel may stand, as it denotes the apostate...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The first verse in this paragraph is a confirmation, if it were needed, of what I advanced in my observations on the former. Seeking the Lord, implies the hope of finding him, and indeed the promise i...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He then adds, _Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live _This repetition is not superfluous: the Prophet confirms what I have already stated, that such was the opposition between the true and legitimate worshi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    After having deplored the ruin of Israel, He contrasts the places of their false worship with Jehovah, the Creator, and exhorts them to come unto Him and live. But Israel put off the thought of the ev...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SEEK THE LORD, AND YE SHALL LIVE,.... This is, repeated to stir up unto it, because of their backwardness and slothfulness, and to show the importance and necessity of it. By the "Lord" may be meant t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 6. _Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall live_] See...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Seek the Lord, and ye shall live_ He repeats his exhortation, and also the promise of a good issue on their complying with it. _Lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph_ That is, the kingdo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Seek the Lord, to serve and worship the God of the covenant only, AND YE SHALL LIVE, LEST HE BREAK OUT LIKE FIRE IN THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, a name for Ephraim, the son of Joseph and the ancestor of the m...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ISRAEL'S ONLY SAFETY IN SEEKING THE LORD...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEEK THE LORD, AND YE SHALL LIFE: the prophet repeateth his exhortation to repentance with the repeated promise of a good issue hereon: see AMOS 5:4. LEST HE BREAK OUT: this is a new argument to persu...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Amos 5:6 Seek H1875 (H8798) LORD H3068 live H2421 (H8798) out H6743 (H8799) fire H784 house H

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CALL TO REPENTANCE AND REJECTION OF THE FALSE SANCTUARIES (AMOS 5:4). YHWH therefore calls Israel to repentance before it is too late. If only they will repent and truly seek Him they will live, a...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A LAMENTATION OVER ISRAEL (AMOS 5:1). While speaking powerfully Amos had no joy in what was to happen to Israel, and having pronounced judgment on them, he now laments what must necessarily be their e...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Amos 5:4. _For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:_ And that it just the message of God to professing Christians now: «Seek ye me.» Get away from your mere ce...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: God's lamentation over Israel and captivity foretold. The day of the Lord. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If men will not take a right course to obtain the favor of God, God will take an eff...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Amos 5:2. _The virgin of Israel is fallen._ Babylon, which had never been stormed by a besieging army, is called a virgin. Isaiah 47:1. Thus Israel, whose kingdom had never yet been wholly subdued, is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:1 Although they face imminent destruction, God still pleads with his people to return to him. ⇐ ⇔

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:5 Israel should SEEK THE LORD in the ways he has commanded, not in the pagan practices found at BETHEL, GILGAL, and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 5:4. Live] Not only remain alive, but possess real favour. AMOS 5:5. BETHEL] “A strong dissuasive from idolatry derived from the predicted fall of the objects and places of fa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 6:14 § 8. _Third address_:_ the prophet utters a lamentation over the fall of Israel_. (Amos 6:1.) He calls her to repentance, while he shows wherein she has declined from the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation (Amos 5:1), Weeping over the house of Israel now. The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her l...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 11:28; 2 Samuel 19:20; Amos 6:6; Amos 5:4; Exodus 22:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The house of Joseph — The kingdom of the ten tribes, the chief whereof was Ephraim, the son of Joseph. In Beth — el — If once this fire breaks out, all your idols in Beth — el shall not be able to que...

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