Isaiah 55:6
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 55:6
Amplified Bible
6
Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.
Isaiah 55:6
New Living Translation
6 Seek the Lord while you can find him.
Call on him now while he is near.
Hosea 10:12
New American Standard Bible
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.
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:12 Or loyalty
Hosea 10:12
Amplified Bible
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)
Hosea 10:12
New Living Translation
12 I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness,
and you will harvest a crop of love.
Plow up the hard ground of your hearts,
for now is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come
and shower righteousness upon you.’
Amos 5:6
New American Standard Bible
6 (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,
Footnotes
- Amos 5:6 Or in the house
Amos 5:6
Amplified Bible
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 [a]house of Joseph,
And there will be no one to quench the flame for [idolatrous] [b]Bethel,
Amos 5:6
New Living Translation
6 Come back to the Lord and live!
Otherwise, he will roar through Israel[a] like a fire,
devouring you completely.
Your gods in Bethel
won’t be able to quench the flames.
Footnotes
- 5:6 Hebrew the house of Joseph.
Zephaniah 2:3
New American Standard Bible
3 (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 Lord’s anger.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:3 Or land
- Zephaniah 2:3 Or justice
Zephaniah 2:3
Amplified Bible
3
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.
Zephaniah 2:3
New Living Translation
3 Seek the Lord, all who are humble,
and follow his commands.
Seek to do what is right
and to live humbly.
Perhaps even yet the Lord will protect you—
protect you from his anger on that day of destruction.
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