Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This is what the LORD says to Israel: “Seek me and live; New Living Translation Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel: “Come back to me and live! English Standard Version For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek me and live; Berean Standard Bible For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! King James Bible For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: New King James Version For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live; New American Standard Bible For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me so that you may live. NASB 1995 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live. NASB 1977 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live. Legacy Standard Bible For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live. Amplified Bible For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me [search diligently for Me and regard Me as more essential than food] so that you may live. Christian Standard Bible For the LORD says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live! Holman Christian Standard Bible For the LORD says to the house of Israel: Seek Me and live! American Standard Version For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because thus says LORD JEHOVAH to those of the house of Israel: ’seek me for myself and live! Brenton Septuagint Translation Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live. Contemporary English Version The LORD keeps saying, "Israel, turn back to me and you will live! Douay-Rheims Bible For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live. English Revised Version For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what the LORD says to the nation of Israel: Search for me and live! Good News Translation The LORD says to the people of Israel, "Come to me, and you will live. International Standard Version "For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: 'Seek me and live, JPS Tanakh 1917 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live; Literal Standard Version For thus said YHWH to the house of Israel: “Seek Me, and live, Majority Standard Bible For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! New American Bible For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek me, that you may live, NET Bible The LORD says this to the family of Israel: "Seek me so you can live! New Revised Standard Version For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek me and live; New Heart English Bible For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live; Webster's Bible Translation For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: World English Bible For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live; Young's Literal Translation For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Call to Repentance4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! 5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.… Cross References Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 32:46 he said to them, "Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 32:47 For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess." Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant--My loving devotion promised to David. Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. Ezekiel 18:9 He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD. Treasury of Scripture For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live: Seek. Amos 5:6 Seek 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 Bethel. Deuteronomy 30:1-8 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, … 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. and. Psalm 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. Psalm 69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. Psalm 105:3,4 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD… Jump to Previous Children Hearts House Israel Live Seek Turned WordsJump to Next Children Hearts House Israel Live Seek Turned WordsAmos 5 1. A lamentation for Israel.4. An exhortation to repentance. 21. God rejects their hypocritical service. (4) Seek . . . live.--Search after God is rewarded by finding Him, and this is life in the highest sense.Verse 4. - The more formal proof that Israel has merited her punishment here begins. In calling her to repentance the prophet contrasts God's requirements with her actual conduct. Seek ye me, and ye shall live. Two imperatives: "Seek me, and (so) live;" duty and its reward. "Seek me in the appointed way, and ye shall be saved from destruction" (comp. Genesis 42:18). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction this is what כֹ֥ה (ḵōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says אָמַ֛ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to the house לְבֵ֣ית (lə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Israel: יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc “Seek דִּרְשׁ֖וּנִי (dir·šū·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common singular Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship Me and live! וִֽחְיֽוּ׃ (wiḥ·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2421: To live, to revive Links Amos 5:4 NIVAmos 5:4 NLT Amos 5:4 ESV Amos 5:4 NASB Amos 5:4 KJV Amos 5:4 BibleApps.com Amos 5:4 Biblia Paralela Amos 5:4 Chinese Bible Amos 5:4 French Bible Amos 5:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 5:4 For thus says Yahweh to the house (Amo. 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