Amos 5:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Turn back to the LORD, you descendants of Joseph, and you will live. If you don't, the LORD will attack like fire. Bethel will burn to the ground, and no one can save it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:20

I know I was wrong. That's why I wanted to be the first one from the northern tribes to meet you.”

1 Kings 11:28

Solomon noticed that Jeroboam was a hard worker. So he put Jeroboam in charge of the work force from Manasseh and Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 34:25

The people of Judah and Israel have rejected me. They have offered sacrifices to foreign gods and have worshipped their own idols. I can't stand it any longer. I am furious.

Psalm 27:8

My heart tells me to pray. I am eager to see your face,

Psalm 69:33

The LORD will listen when the homeless cry out, and he will never forget his people in prison.

Exodus 22:6

If you carelessly let a fire spread from your property to someone else's, you must pay the owner for any crops or fields destroyed by the fire.

Isaiah 1:31

Your strongest leaders will be like dry wood set on fire by their idols. No one will be able to help, as they all go up in flames.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay close attention! Come to me and live. I will promise you the eternal love and loyalty that I promised David.

Isaiah 55:6

Turn to the LORD! He can still be found. Call out to God! He is near.

Jeremiah 38:20

I said, “If you will just obey the LORD, the Babylonians won't hand you over to those Jews. You will be allowed to live, and all will go well for you.

Jeremiah 4:4

With all your hearts, keep the agreement I made with you. But if you are stubborn and keep on sinning, my anger will burn like a fire that cannot be put out.

Jeremiah 7:20

And now, I, the LORD All-Powerful, will flood Judah with my fiery anger until nothing is left—no people or animals, no trees or crops.

Ezekiel 21:3

that I am about to punish them. I will pull out my sword and have it ready to kill everyone, whether good or evil.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I am the living LORD God, I don't like to see wicked people die. I enjoy seeing them turn from their sins and live. So if the Israelites want to live, they must stop sinning and turn back to me.

Ezekiel 37:19

tell them that I, the LORD, will join together the stick of Israel and the stick of Judah. I will hold them in my hand, and they will become one.

Amos 3:14

When I, the LORD, punish Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars at Bethel. Even the corners of the altar will be left in the dust.

Amos 5:14

If you really want to live, you must stop doing wrong and start doing right. I, the LORD God All-Powerful, will then be on your side, just as you claim I am.

Amos 5:4

The LORD keeps saying, “Israel, turn back to me and you will live!

Amos 6:6

You drink all the wine you want and wear expensive perfume, but you don't care about the ruin of your nation.

Zephaniah 2:3

If you humbly obey the LORD, then come and worship him. If you do right and are humble, perhaps you will be safe on that day when the LORD turns loose his anger.

Zechariah 10:6

I will strengthen the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. And I will show mercy because I am the LORD, their God. I will answer their prayers and bring them home. Then it will seem as though I had never rejected them.

Deuteronomy 32:22

“My people, I will breathe out fire that sends you down to the world of the dead. It will scorch your farmlands and burn deep down under the mountains.

Deuteronomy 4:24

The LORD will be angry if you worship other gods, and he can be like a fire destroying everything in its path.