Amo 5:6 | NETfull | STEP | Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.

Amos 5:6

6 Seek the Lord so you can live!
Otherwise he will break out ^{▼▼ Heb “rush.” The verb depicts swift movement.} like fire against Joseph’s ^{▼▼ Here Joseph (= Ephraim and Manasseh), as the most prominent of the Israelite tribes, represents the entire northern kingdom.} family; ^{▼▼ Heb “house.”}
the fire ^{▼▼ Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.} will consume
and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel. ^{▼▼ Heb “to/for Bethel.” The translation assumes that the preposition indicates advantage, “on behalf of.” Another option is to take the preposition as vocative, “O Bethel.”}