Amos 5:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Amos 5:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 2:3
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. …
Psalms 14:2
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Atonement Backsliders Blessing Contrition Conviction Enquiring of God God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-15)

This is a message from God to the house of Israel, in which, I. They are told of their faults, that they might see what occasion there was for them to repent and reform, and that, when they were called to return, they might not need to ask, Wherein shall we return? 1. God tells them, in general (Amos 5:12), “ I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins; and you shall be made to know…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. Seek ye me, and ye shall live--literally, “Seek ... Me, and live.” The second imperative expresses the certainty of “life” (escape from judgment) resulting from obedience to the precept in the first imperative. If they perish, it is their own fault; God would forgive, if they would repent (Is 55:3, 6).