Amos 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Reader Related Verse
Bible Comments

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, 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.

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Amos 5:6

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 Bethel.