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NASB					Amos 5:6 "^ASeek¹⁸⁷⁵ the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ that you may live^2421a, Or⁶⁴³⁵ He will break^6743a forth^6743a like a ^Bfire⁷⁸⁴, ¹O house¹⁰⁰⁴ of Joseph³¹³⁰, And it will consume³⁹⁸ with none³⁶⁹ to quench³⁵¹⁸ it for Bethel¹⁰⁰⁸,
AMPLIFIED 2015					Amos 5:6 "Seek the LORD [search diligently for Him and long for Him as your most essential need] so that you may live, Or He will rush down like a [devouring] fire, O ¹house of Joseph, And there will be no one to quench the flame for [idolatrous] ²Bethel,

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Or in the house

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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A reference to the ten tribes of Israel, the Northern Kingdom. The leading tribe in the north was Ephraim (descendants of Joseph's second son).

The center of pagan worship in the Northern Kingdom.

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Is 55:3 "Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that you may live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the faithful mercies shown to David.

Deut 4:24 "For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

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369

ayin (34a); a prim. root; nothing, nought:--almost(1), bereft*(1), beyond(5), beyond*(1), cease(2), countless*(2), else*(1), endless*(1), fails(1), found(1), gone(6), had(2), had no(11), had no one(2), has(2), has he no(1), has no(23), has none(1), has nothing(1), have(5), have i no(1), have no(24), have none(2), have nothing(2), having a nor(1), having no(2), helpless*(1), incurable*(1), infinite*(1), infrequent*(1), innumerable*(1), inscrutable*(1), lack(4), lacks(1), leaves no(1), neither(2), neither*(1), neither...nor(2), never(2), no(43), no account(1), no longer(3), no more(16), no one(101), no*(1), no...have(1), none(18), none other(1), none*(1), nor(12), nor are there(2), nor is there(3), nor is there one(1), nor was there(2), nor have(1), nor*(1), nothing(19), nothing*(10), one(3), one should never(1), or(1), powerless*(1), senseless*(1), surely*(1), there(15), there are no(2), there be no(2), there is not one(1), there is no(108), there is no one(31), there is no...nor(2), there is none(22), there is nothing(11), there was not(1), there was not one(1), there was no(38), there was no one(15), there was none(5), there was nothing(2), there were no(3), there will be neither(1), there will be no(9), there will be no one(3), there will be none(5), there will be nothing(1), there no(6), there none(1), there one(1), undesirable*(2), unfathomable*(1), unless(1), unsearchable*(3), waterless*(1), without(46), without and having no(1), without*(4).

398

akal (37a); a prim. root; to eat:--ate(76), certainly have eaten(1), certainly not eat(1), consume(30), consumed(30), consumes(9), consuming(9), devour(38), devour you will be devoured(1), devoured(30), devourer(2), devouring(3), devours(7), dine(1), eat(398), eat freely(1), eaten(66), eaten at all(2), eaten freely(1), eater(2), eater's(1), eating(25), eats(29), edible(2), enjoys(2), entirely consumed(1), feast(1), fed(8), feed(10), food(4), give him to eat(1), had(2), has enough(1), lived off(1), meal*(1), moth-eaten*(1), plenty to eat(1), reduces(1), shared*(1), tasting(1), took space away(1), use(1).

784

esh (77b); a prim. root; a fire:--blazing(1), burned*(1), burning(1), burning coals(1), fiery(1), fire(362), fires(2), flame(1), flaming(3), flashing(1), man(1).

1004

bayith (108c); a prim. root; a house:--armory*(1), beneath(1), Beth-ashbea*(1), Beth-togarmah*(2), between*(2), boxes(1), buildings(2), daughter(1), dungeon*(2), faced inward(1), family(2), family*(1), guard*(1), hall(1), hangings(1), harem*(5), holders(7), home(33), homeborn*(2), homes(2), house(1534), house and the houses(2), household(125), household was inside(1), households(73), houses(101), houses while house(1), inner(2), inside*(13), inward(5), inward*(1), jail*(6), jailer*(3), large enough to hold(1), palace(22), palace and the houses(1), perfume*(1), place(2), places(1), prison*(15), residence(1), room(6), rooms(1), shrine*(1), temple(36), temple to the house(1), temples(2), tomb(1), treasury*(1), turned inwards(1), web(1), where(1), within(3).

1008

Betheel (110d); from 1004 and 410; "house of God," a city in Ephraim, also a place in S. Judah:--Bethel(71).

1875

darash (205a); a prim. root; to resort to, seek:--ask(1), avenge(1), calls(1), care(1), cares(3), comes the reckoning(1), consult(2), consulted by them at all(1), demand(1), inquire(33), inquired(5), inquirer(1), investigate(3), investigated(1), looks(2), making inquiry(1), questioned(1), require(7), required(1), requires(1), resort(3), search(6), searched(1), searched carefully(1), searches(2), seek(53), seek after(1), seeking(2), seeks(3), sought(18), studied(1), study(1), surely require(1).

2421a

chayah (310d); a prim. root; to live:--alive(3), alive should not live(1), came to life(1), come to life(3), come alive(1), give life(2), gives me life(1), healed(1), keep(1), keep him alive(1), keep his alive(1), keep the alive(1), keep them alive(4), keep you alive(1), keep alive(3), keep...alive(2), kept me alive(1), kept alive(1), leave(2), leave alive(1), live(120), lived(42), lives(5), make alive(1), makes alive(1), nourished(1), preserve(3), preserve his life(1), preserve...alive(1), preserves the lives(1), raise(1), recover(4), recovered(1), recovery(1), remained alive(1), repaired(1), restored to life(4), revive(20), revived(6), save(2), save his life(1), saved(1), saved our lives(1), saving(1), spare(3), spared(2), stay alive(1), surely live(9), surely recover(2), survival(1), survive(2), survived(1).

3068

Yhvh (i.e.Yehovah or Yahveh) [217d]; from 1933b; the proper name of the God of Israel:--GOD(314), LORD(6399), LORD'S(111).

3130

Yoseph (415c); from 3254; "he increases," a son of Jacob, also the name of several Isr.:--Joseph(194), Joseph's(19).

3518

kabah (459c); a prim. root; to be quenched or extinguished, to go out:--extinguish(5), go(3), goes(1), gone(1), put(1), quench(4), quenched(8), quenched and extinguished(1).

6435

pen (814c); of unc. der.; lest:--because(2), fear(1), might(4), no(2), none(1), or(36), or else(6), otherwise(16), otherwise you might(1), perhaps(1), so(12).

6743a

tsalach (852b); a prim. root; to rush:--break forth(1), came upon him mightily(4), came upon mightily(1), came mightily(2), come upon you mightily(1), rushed(1).

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