Amos 9:8
Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it off from the face of the earth; only I will not utterly cut off the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
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Genesis 7:4For yet seven days having passed I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.
Deuteronomy 6:15for the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the Lord thy God be very angry with thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Psalms 11:4Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, 1 And the tongue that speaks great words: 1
Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord behold 1 Both the evil and the good in every place. 1
Jeremiah 5:10Go up upon her battlements, and break them down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses; for they are the Lord’s.
Jeremiah 31:35And I will destroy Moab, saith the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.
Matthew Henry on Amos 9:2-11
The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. ( b. c. 784.) 1 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. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of… Read the whole commentary →