Amos 9:1
I sawe the Lord standing vpon the altar, and he sayde, Smite the lintel of the doore, that the postes may shake: and cut them in pieces, euen the heads of them all, 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 deliuered.
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2 Chronicles 18:18Againe hee saide, Therefore heare ye the worde of the Lord: I sawe the Lord sit vpon his throne, and all the hoste of heauen standing at his right hand, and at his left.
Isaiah 6:1In the yeere of the death of King Vzziah, I saw also the Lord sitting vpon an high throne, and lifted vp, and the lower partes thereof filled the Temple.
Isaiah 6:4And the lintles of the doore cheekes moued at the voyce of him that cryed, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isaiah 30:16For ye haue sayd, No, but we wil flee away vpon horses. Therefore shall ye flee. We will ride vpon the swiftest. Therefore shall your persecuters be swifter.
Ezekiel 1:28As the likenesse of the bowe, that is in the cloude in the day of raine, so was the appearance of the light round about.
Ezekiel 10:4Then the glorie of the Lord went vp from the Cherub, and stoode ouer the doore of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightnesse of the Lordes glorie.
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 →