Amos 9:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe.

Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;

Upon

For in the day when I give Israel punishment for his sins, I will send punishment on the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and come down to the earth.

And six men came from the way of the higher doorway looking to the north, every man with his axe in his hand: and one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer's inkpot at his side. And they went in and took their places by the brass altar.

And the glory of the Lord went up from the winged ones and came to rest over the doorstep of the house; and the house was full of the cloud and the open square was full of the shining of the Lord's glory.

Smite

And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory.

Let your doors be open, O Lebanon, so that fire may be burning among your cedars.

Lintel

The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah.

Shall not flee

And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:

Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.

Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.

He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

General references

And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

And the Chaldaean army went after King Zedekiah and overtook him on the other side of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord.

Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come together.