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Amos 5:6
New English Translation
Amos 5:6
New English Translation
6 Seek the Lord so you can live!
Otherwise he will break out[a] like fire against Joseph’s[b] family;[c]
the fire[d] will consume
and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.[e]
Footnotes
- Amos 5:6 tn Heb “rush.” The verb depicts swift movement.
- Amos 5:6 sn Here Joseph (= Ephraim and Manasseh), as the most prominent of the Israelite tribes, represents the entire northern kingdom.
- Amos 5:6 tn Heb “house.”
- Amos 5:6 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Amos 5:6 tn Heb “to/for Bethel.” The translation assumes that the preposition indicates advantage, “on behalf of.” Another option is to take the preposition as vocative, “O Bethel.”
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