Amos 9:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I'll send a sword to kill them, wherever their enemies drag them off as captives. I'm determined to hurt them, not to help them.”

Cross References

Genesis 44:21

You ordered us to bring him here, so you could see him for yourself.

2 Chronicles 16:9

The LORD is constantly watching everyone, and he gives strength to those who faithfully obey him. But you have done a foolish thing, and your kingdom will never be at peace again.

Psalm 34:17

When his people pray for help, he listens and rescues them from their troubles.

Exodus 14:24

But before daylight the LORD looked down at the Egyptian army from the fiery cloud and made them panic.

Jeremiah 12:12

A destroying army marches along desert roads and attacks everywhere. They are my deadly sword; no one is safe from them.

Jeremiah 21:10

I have decided not to rescue Jerusalem. Instead, I am going to let the king of Babylonia burn it to the ground. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 24:6

where I am watching over them. Then some day I will bring them back to this land. I will plant them, instead of uprooting them, and I will build them up, rather than tearing them down.

Jeremiah 39:12

“Find Jeremiah and keep him safe. Take good care of him and do whatever he asks.”

Jeremiah 39:16

to Ebedmelech from Ethiopia: I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel. I warned everyone that I would bring disaster, not prosperity, to this city. Now very soon I will do what I said, and you will see it happen.

Jeremiah 44:11

I, the LORD All-Powerful, have decided to wipe you out with disasters.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of you will die here in Jerusalem from disease or starvation. Another third will be killed in war. And I will scatter the last third of you in every direction, then track you down and kill you.

Ezekiel 5:2

After you attack the brick that stands for Jerusalem, burn one pile of your hair on the brick. Chop up the second pile and let the small pieces of hair fall around the brick. Throw the third pile into the wind, and I will strike it with my own sword.

Leviticus 17:10

I will turn against any of my people who eat blood. This also includes any foreigners living among you.

Leviticus 26:33

After I destroy your towns and ruin your land with war, I'll scatter you among the nations.

Amos 9:8

My eyes have seen what a sinful nation you are, and I'll wipe you out. But I will leave a few of Jacob's descendants. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Zechariah 8:10

Before that time, neither people nor animals were rewarded for their work, and no one was safe anywhere, because I had turned them against each other.