Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 5:6
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Amos5:6
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 .
The Prophet repeateth his Exhortation to Repentance with the repeated promise of a good issue hereon, vid. ver. 4. let. p. q.
This is a new argument to perswade with them to do their duty, for unless they do it Gods judgments will break out upon them.
Suddenly with strength, and prevalence, as the Heb. word here rendred, break forth, importeth.
The Kingdom of the Ten Tribes, the chief whereof was Ephraim, who was the younger Son of Ioseph, and the first erector of this Kingdom was an Ephraimite, 1 King. 11.26.
Utterly consume it as Fire useth to do, where it gets head and prevaileth.
If once this Fire break out from God all your Idols in Bethel shall not be able to quench it, no tears from your eyes there shed, no blood of sacrifice there offered shall quench it.
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