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Amos 5:4
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For the Lord says to the house of Israel:
For thus says the LORD to the house of Yisra'el: "Seek me, and you will live;
For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek Me so that you may live.
This is what the Lord says to the nation of Israel: "Come to me and live.
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me [search diligently for Me and regard Me as more essential than food] so that you may live.
For thus saith the Lorde vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shal liue.
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live.
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel,"Seek Me that you may live.
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek Me and live!
The Lord keeps saying, "Israel, turn back to me and you will live!
For here is what Adonai says to the house of Isra'el: "If you seek me, you will survive;
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
The Lord says this to the nation of Israel: "Come looking for me and live.
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek me and you shall live;
The Lord says to the people of Israel, "Come to me, and you will live.
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, "Seek me so that you may live."
For so says Jehovah to the house of Israel, Seek Me, and live.
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:
For thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye mee, and ye shall liue.
For thus sayth the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye shall liue.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;
For the Lord seith these thingis to the hous of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye schulen lyue;
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live;
For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
The Lord says this to the family of Israel: "Seek me so you can live!
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek Me and live;
Now this is what the Lord says to the family of Israel: "Come back to me and live!
The Lord says to the people of Israel, "Look for Me and live.
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me and live;
For, thus, saith Yahweh, to the house of Israel, - Seek me, and live;
For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;
For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,
Neuertheles, thus sayeth the LORDE vnto ye house of Israel: Seke after me, ad ye shal lyue,
God 's Message to the family of Israel: "Seek me and live. Don't fool around at those shrines of Bethel, Don't waste time taking trips to Gilgal, and don't bother going down to Beer-sheba. Gilgal is here today and gone tomorrow and Bethel is all show, no substance."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Seek: Amos 5:6, Deuteronomy 30:1-8, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 20:3, 2 Chronicles 34:3, Psalms 14:2, Psalms 27:8, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Lamentations 3:25, Lamentations 3:26, Zephaniah 2:3, Matthew 7:8
and: Psalms 22:26, Psalms 69:32, Psalms 105:3, Psalms 105:4, Isaiah 55:3
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 14:4 - seek Isaiah 31:1 - neither Isaiah 45:19 - Seek Ezekiel 18:9 - he shall Hosea 10:12 - time Hosea 11:7 - are bent Amos 4:12 - prepare Matthew 7:7 - seek Luke 11:9 - seek
Cross-References
And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him;
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel,.... Or "yet" a, notwithstanding all this, though such judgments were threatened and denounced, and such desolations should certainly come, in case of impenitence, and an obstinate continuance in a course of sin; yet hopes are given of finding mercy and kindness upon repentance and reformation, at least to the remnant of them; see Amos 5:15;
seek ye me; seek my fear, as the Targum; fear and reverence, serve and worship, the Lord God; return unto him by repentance; seek to him by prayer and supplication; acknowledge your sins, and humble yourselves before him, and implore his pardoning grace and mercy:
and ye shall live; in your own land, and not be carried out of it; live comfortably, in great plenty of good things; and live spiritually, enjoying the favour of God, and his presence in his ordinances, and live eternally in the world to come.
a כי "attamen", Grotius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Seek ye Me and ye shall live - Literally, “seek Me; and live.” Wonderful conciseness of the word of God, which, in two words, comprises the whole of the creature’s duty and his hopes, his time and his eternity. The prophet users the two imperatives, inoneing both, man’s duty and his reward. He does not speak of them, as cause and effect, but as one. Where the one is, there is the other. To seek God is to live. For to seek God is to find Him, and God is Life and the Source of life. Forgiveness, grace, life, enter the soul at once. But the seeking is diligent seeking. : “It is not to seek God anyhow, but as it is right and meet that He should be sought, longed for, prayed for, who is so great, a Good, constantly, fervently, yea, to our power, the more constantly and fervently, as an Infinite Good is more to be longed for, more loved than all created good.” The object of the search is God Himself. “Seek Me,” that is, seek God for Himself, not for anything out of Him, not for His gifts, not for anything to be loved with Him. This is not to seek Him purely. All is found in Him, but by seeking Him first, and then loving Him in all, and all in Him. “And ye shall live,” first by the life of the body, escaping the enemy; then by the life of grace now, and the life of glory hereafter, as in that of the Psalmist, “your heart shall live who seek God” Psalms 69:32.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Amos 5:4. Seek ye me, and ye shall live — Cease your rebellion against me; return to me with all your heart; and though consigned to death, ye shall be rescued and live. Deplorable as your case is, it is not utterly desperate.
