Amos 9:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ I saw יהוה  standing by the altar, and He said, “Smite the column head, so that the thresholds shake, and break them off by the head, all of them. And the last of them I slay with the sword. Not one of them fleeing gets away, and not one fugitive of them escapes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ I SAW the Lord standing at the altar, and He said, Smite the tops of the pillars until the thresholds tremble, and shatter them on the heads of all of the people; and the remainder of them I will slay with the sword. He who flees of them shall not get away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

Common English Bible

¹ I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and the Lord said: Strike the pillars until the foundations shake, shatter them on the heads of all the people. With the sword, I will kill the last of them; not one of them will flee, not one of them will escape.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ I saw the Lord standing over an altar, and he said: "Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shaken. For there is avarice at the head of them all, and I will execute the very last of them with the sword. There will be no escape for them. They will flee, and he who flees from among them will not be saved.

Amos 9:1 Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:18

Then he said, “Therefore hear the word of יהוה : I saw יהוה  sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and on His left.

Psalm 68:21

Indeed, Elohim smites the head of His enemies, The hairy scalp of him who walks about in His guilt.

Psalm 68:22

יהוה  said, “I bring back from Bashan, I bring back from the depths of the sea,

Isaiah 30:16

and you said, “No, for we flee upon horses,” therefore you flee! And, “We ride on swift horses,” therefore those who pursue you are swift!

Isaiah 6:1

In the year that Sovereign Uzziyahu died, I saw יהוה  sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the Hĕ

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus said יהוה, “See, I am bringing evil on them which they are unable to escape. Then they shall cry out to Me, but I shall not listen to them.

Jeremiah 42:16

then it shall be that the sword which you feared overtakes you there in the land of Mitsrayim, and the scarcity of food of which you were afraid clings to you there in Mitsrayim, and you die there.

Jeremiah 48:44

“He who flees from the fear falls into the pit, and he who gets out of the pit is caught in the snare. For I am bringing upon Mo’aḇ

Ezekiel 1:28

As the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the esteem of יהוה. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

Ezekiel 10:4

And the esteem of יהוה  went up from the keruḇ

Ezekiel 15:7

‘And I shall set My face against them. They shall go out from one fire, but another fire consumes them. And you shall know that I am יהוה, when I set My face against them.

Ezekiel 9:2

And look, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-axe in his hand. And one man in their midst was clothed with linen and had a writer’s ink-horn at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

Amos 3:14

“For in the day I visit Yisra’ĕ

Amos 7:17

“Therefore thus said יהוה, ‘Your wife shall become a whore in the city, and your sons and daughters fall by the sword, and your land be divided by a measuring line, and you die in a defiled land, and Yisra’ĕ

Amos 7:9

“And the high places of Yitsḥ

Habakkuk 3:13

You shall go forth to save Your people, To save Your Anointed. You shall smite the Head from the house of the wrong, By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah.

Zephaniah 1:12

“And at that time it shall be, that I search Yerushalayim with lamps and punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, ‘יהוה  does no good, nor does He evil.’

Zephaniah 2:14

And droves shall lie down in her midst, every beast of the nation, both pelican and bittern lodge in the tops of her columns, a voice singing at the window, ruin be at the threshold, for the cedar work is exposed.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen Elohim. The only brought-forth Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He did declare.

John 1:32

And Yoḥ

Acts 26:13

at midday along the highway, O sovereign, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

Joshua 10:18

And Yehoshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them.

Revelation 1:17

And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead, and He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid, I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 8:3

And another messenger came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer, and much incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the set-apart ones upon the golden altar which was before the throne.