Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations will shake. 1 Break them in pieces on all of their heads, 1 and I will kill the last of them with the sword. 1 Not one of them will get away, 1 not one of them will escape. 1
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2 Chronicles 18:18Then Micaiah said, “Therefore all of you should hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven were standing on his right hand and on his left.
Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne; he was high and elevated, and the hem of his robe filled the temple.
Isaiah 6:4The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voices of those who were crying out, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isaiah 30:16You said, 'No, 1 for we will flee on horses,' so you will flee; 1 and, 'We will ride upon swift horses,' so those who pursue you will be swift. 1
Ezekiel 1:28Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day was the appearance of the bright light surrounding it. It was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice speaking.
Ezekiel 10:4The glory of Yahweh rose up from the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the house. It filled the house with the cloud, and the courtyard was full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory.
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 →