(A)Seek the Lord while He may be found;
(B)Call upon Him while He is near.

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Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.

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12 (A)Sow for yourselves, with a view to righteousness;
Harvest in accordance with [a]kindness.
(B)Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to (C)seek the Lord
Until He (D)comes and (E)rains righteousness on you.

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  1. Hosea 10:12 Or loyalty

12 
Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate];
Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness.
Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing]
Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.(A)

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(A)Seek the Lord so that you may live,
Or He will break through like a (B)fire, [a]house of Joseph,
And it will consume with no one to extinguish it for Bethel,

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  1. Amos 5:6 Or in the house


“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 [a]house of Joseph,
And there will be no one to quench the flame for [idolatrous] [b]Bethel,

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  1. Amos 5:6 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).
  2. Amos 5:6 The center of pagan worship in the Northern Kingdom.

(A)Seek the Lord,
All you (B)humble of the [a]earth
Who have practiced His [b]ordinances;
(C)Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will (D)remain hidden
On the day of the Lords anger.

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  1. Zephaniah 2:3 Or land
  2. Zephaniah 2:3 Or justice


Seek the Lord [search diligently for Him and regard Him as the foremost necessity of your life],
All you humble of the land
Who have practiced His ordinances and have kept His commandments;
Seek righteousness, seek humility [regard them as vital].
Perhaps you will be hidden [and pardoned and rescued]
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

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