Amos 9:1

רָאִיתִי אֶת ־ אֲדֹנָי נִצָּב עַֽל ־ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיֹּאמֶר הַךְ הַכַּפְתּוֹר וְיִרְעֲשׁוּ הַסִּפִּים וּבְצַעַם בְּרֹאשׁ כֻּלָּם וְאַחֲרִיתָם בַּחֶרֶב אֶהֱרֹג לֹֽא ־ יָנוּס לָהֶם נָס וְלֹֽא ־ יִמָּלֵט לָהֶם פָּלִֽיט ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2אִם ־ יַחְתְּרוּ בִשְׁאוֹל מִשָּׁם יָדִי תִקָּחֵם וְאִֽם ־ יַעֲלוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם מִשָּׁם אוֹרִידֵֽם ׃

Read all of Amos 9

Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:18וַיֹּאמֶר לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר ־ יְהוָה רָאִיתִי אֶת ־ יְהוָה יוֹשֵׁב עַל ־ כִּסְאוֹ וְכָל ־ צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם עֹֽמְדִים עַל ־ יְמִינוֹ וּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ ׃

Isaiah 6:1בִּשְׁנַת ־ מוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ עֻזִּיָּהוּ וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת ־ אֲדֹנָי יֹשֵׁב עַל ־ כִּסֵּא רָם וְנִשָּׂא וְשׁוּלָיו מְלֵאִים אֶת ־ הַהֵיכָֽל ׃

Isaiah 6:4וַיָּנֻעוּ אַמּוֹת הַסִּפִּים מִקּוֹל הַקּוֹרֵא וְהַבַּיִת יִמָּלֵא עָשָֽׁן ׃

Isaiah 30:16וַתֹּאמְרוּ לֹא ־ כִי עַל ־ סוּס נָנוּס עַל ־ כֵּן תְּנוּסוּן וְעַל ־ קַל נִרְכָּב עַל ־ כֵּן יִקַּלּוּ רֹדְפֵיכֶֽם ׃

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Amos 9:1