Amos 9:1

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Summary

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

I saw

Upon

Amos 3:14

Ezekiel 9:2

Ezekiel 10:4

Smite

Isaiah 6:3

Zechariah 11:1

Lintel

Psalm 68:21

Habakkuk 3:13

Shall not flee

General references

Bible References

I saw

And he said, Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left;

In the year of the death of king Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.

And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,

Upon

that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which is turned toward the north, and every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and in the midst of them, one man clothed with linen, with a writer's ink-horn by his side; and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and came over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory.

Smite

And one called to the other and said, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Lintel

Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou didst smite off the head from the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah.

Shall not flee

And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.

Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land.

And ye said, No, but we will flee upon horses, therefore shall ye flee; and, We will ride upon the swift, therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon her, upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

General references

And Joshua said, Roll great stones before the mouth of the cave, and set men before it to keep them.

And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

For wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the eagles.