Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Amos 5:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6Seek 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 Beth-el.
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Quick Meaning
This verse repeats seek-and-live and warns that unquenched fire may consume the house of Joseph and Bethel.
Read It With
- Amos 5:4-6
Read Amos 5:6 with 5:4-6. This verse repeats seek-and-live and warns that unquenched fire may consume the house of Joseph and Bethel. The complete unit establishes this movement: Life is offered through seeking the LORD rather than pilgrimage treated as protection; Bethel, Gilgal, and Beersheba cannot shield Joseph from consuming judgment.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The invitation inside the lament distinguishes genuine return from confidence in sacred destinations. Within that movement, this verse repeats seek-and-live and warns that unquenched fire may consume the house of Joseph and Bethel.
What Remains True
Religious identity does not make persistent injustice fireproof.
How It Can Shape Life
- Seek life through repair without threatening people with violence.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Amos 5:4-6 — Seek the LORD and Live, Not the SanctuariesSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Amos 5:4-6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Amos
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Amos.xml, 5:4-6
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Amos with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Amos PDF, printed pp. 1713-1716, translation and notes on 5:4-6
Open source ↗