Amos 5:6
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 Beth–el.
Context
This verse from Amos Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. A funeral lament over fallen Israel: the maiden Israel has fallen with no one to raise her up. God calls for seeking him rather than Bethel and declares that his day — the day of the Lord — is darkness …
Other Translations
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.
Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire <FI>against<Fi> the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.
Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.
Cross References
If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the …
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, …
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn …
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon …
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of …
Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the …