Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 5:6
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6. break out like fire —bursting through everything in His way. God is "a consuming fire" ( Deuteronomy 4:24 ; Isaiah 10:17 ; Lamentations 2:3 ). the house of Joseph —the kingdom of Israel, of which the tribe of Ephraim, Joseph's son, was the chief tribe (compare Lamentations 2:3- : ). 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. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
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