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Amos 5:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Seek the Lord   and live, or he will spread like fire throughout the house of Joseph; it will consume everything with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

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Seek the Lord while he may be found; call to him while he is near.


Pursue good and not evil so that you may live, and the Lord, the God of Armies, will be with you as you have claimed.


For the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live!


Tell them, “As I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live.  Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel? ”


I will strengthen the house of Judah and deliver the house of Joseph. I will restore   them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had never rejected them. For I am the Lord  their God, and I will answer them.


They drink wine by the bowlful and anoint themselves with the finest oils but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.


tell them, “This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick so that they become one in my hand.”


Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Look, my anger #– #my burning wrath #– #is about to be poured out on this place,  on people and animals, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.’


Circumcise yourselves to the  Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds.


The strong one will become tinder, and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to extinguish the flames.


Now the man Jeroboam was capable, and Solomon noticed the young man because he was getting things done. So he appointed him over the entire workforce of the house of Joseph.


For your servant knows that I have sinned. But look! Today I am the first one of the entire house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.’


Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph’s family in their territory in the north.


For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,  a jealous God.


‘When a fire gets out of control, spreads to thorn bushes, and consumes piles of cut corn, standing corn, or a field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution for what was burned.


Pay attention and come to me; listen, so that you will live. I will make a permanent covenant with you on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.  ,


I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar  will be cut off and fall to the ground.


Seek the Lord,  all you humble  of the earth, who carry out what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the  Lord’s anger.


For fire has been kindled because of my anger and burns to the depths of Sheol; it devours the land and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.


because they have abandoned me  and burned incense to other gods so as to anger me with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.”


‘They will not hand you over,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘Obey the Lord in what I am telling you, so that it may go well for you and you can live.


and say to it, “This is what the Lord says: I am against you.  I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.





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