Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing by the altar; and he said: Smite the capital, so that the thresholds shall tremble! Break them in pieces upon the heads of all of them! And their residue will I slay with the sword. He that fleeth of them shall not flee from danger, And he that escapeth of them shall not escape into safety.
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Isaiah 6:1In the year in which King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Isaiah 6:4And the foundations of the thresholds were shaken with the voice of their cry. And the temple was filled with smoke.
Isaiah 30:16But ye would not. Ye said, “No! we will bound along upon horses”; Truly ye shall bound along in flight. “We will ride upon swift coursers”; But they shall be swift that pursue you.
Ezekiel 1:28As 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 glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one who spoke.
Ezekiel 10:4And the glory of Jehovah was lifted up from the cherub to the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Amos 9:1
In this chapter we have, I. Judgment threatened, which the sinners shall not escape ( ver. 1-4 ), which an almighty power shall inflict ( ver. 5, 6 ), which the people of Israel have deserved as a sinful people ( ver. 7, 8 ); and yet it shall not be the utter ruin of their nation ( ver. 8 ), for a remnant of good people shall escape, ver. 9 . But the wicked ones shall perish, ver. 10 . II. Mercy promised, which was to be bestowed in the latter days ( ver. 11-15 ), as appears by the application of it to the days of… Read the whole commentary →