Amos 5:4 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 5:4

For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

KJV

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ASV

For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

WEB

For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

YLT

For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,

DBT

For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

About this book

Old Testament

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Luke 11:9
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Jeremiah 29:13
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.

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Israel was a prince with God; let his descendants seek the Lord, as he did, and they shall be so too. Now, in order to their doing this, they must abandon their idolatries. God is not sought truly if he be not sought exclusively, for he will endure no rivals: " Seek you the Lord, and seek not Bethel (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Seek ye me, and ye shall live--literally, "Seek . . . Me, and live." The second imperative expresses the certainty of "life" (escape from judgment) resulting from obedience to the precept in the first imperative. If they perish, it is their own fault;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Connections1

Where this verse connects

Chiasm Amos 5:14
Amos 5:1-17 chiasm outer imperative pair: 'Seek me and live' mirrors 'Seek good, not evil, that you may live' — carries the oracle's ethical demand. confidence=widely-accepted; level=pericope.
Jan de Waard, 'The Chiastic Structure of Amos V 1-17,' Vetus Testamentum 27 (1977): 170-177

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