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

Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.

In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.

No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,

Upon

“For on the day that I punish Israel’s transgressions,
I will also punish the altars of Bethel;
The horns of the altar will be cut off
And they will fall to the ground.

Behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a writing case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.

Smite

And one called out to another and said,
“Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts,
The

whole earth is full of His glory.”

Open your doors, O Lebanon,
That a fire may feed on your cedars.

Lintel

Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For the salvation of Your anointed.
You struck the head of the house of the evil
To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah.

Shall not flee

“

Flight will perish from the swift,

And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the mighty man save his life.

Terror and pit and snare

Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.

And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses,”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses,”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

“The one who flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit
Will be caught in the snare;
For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,
The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.

General references

Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and assign men by it to guard them,

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

You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you,” the Lord God declares.

Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.