Amo 5:6 | JFB | STEP | 6. break out like fire —bursting through everything in His way. God is "a consuming fire" ( ). the house of Joseph —the kingdom of Israel, of which the tribe of Ephraim, Joseph's son, was the chief tribe (compare ). none to quench it in Beth-el —that is, none in Beth-el to quench it; none of the Beth-el idols on which Israel so depended, able to remove the divine judgments.

Amos 5:6

6. break out like fire—bursting through everything in His way. God is "a consuming fire" (De 4:24; Isa 10:17; La 2:3).

the house of Joseph—the kingdom of Israel, of which the tribe of Ephraim, Joseph's son, was the chief tribe (compare Eze 37:16).

none to quench it in Beth-el—that is, none in Beth-el to quench it; none of the Beth-el idols on which Israel so depended, able to remove the divine judgments.