Amos 9:4

Good News Translation

If they are taken away into captivity by their enemies, I will order them to be put to death. I am determined to destroy them, not to help them.”

Cross References

Genesis 44:21

Sir, you told us to bring him here, so that you could see him,

2 Chronicles 16:9

The Lord keeps close watch over the whole world, to give strength to those whose hearts are loyal to him. You have acted foolishly, and so from now on you will always be at war.”

Psalm 34:17

The righteous call to the Lord, and he listens; he rescues them from all their troubles.

Exodus 14:24

Just before dawn the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw them into a panic.

Jeremiah 12:12

Across all the desert highlands people have come to plunder. I have sent war to destroy the entire land; no one can live in peace.

Jeremiah 21:10

I have made up my mind not to spare this city, but to destroy it. It will be given over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it to the ground. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 24:6

I will watch over them and bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not pull them up.

Jeremiah 39:12

“Go and find Jeremiah and take good care of him. Do not harm him, but do for him whatever he wants.”

Jeremiah 39:16

to tell Ebedmelech the Ethiopian that the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, “Just as I said I would, I am going to bring upon this city destruction and not prosperity. And when this happens, you will be there to see it.

Jeremiah 44:11

“So then, I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, will turn against you and destroy all Judah.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of your people will die from sickness and hunger in the city; a third will be cut down by swords outside the city; and I will scatter the last third to the winds and pursue them with a sword.

Ezekiel 5:2

Burn up a third of it in the city when the siege is over. Take another third and chop it up with your sword as you move around outside the city. Scatter the remaining third to the winds, and I will pursue it with my sword.

Leviticus 17:10

If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community eat meat with blood still in it, the Lord will turn against them and no longer consider them his people.

Leviticus 26:33

I will bring war on you and scatter you in foreign lands. Your land will be deserted, and your cities left in ruins.

Amos 9:8

I, the Sovereign Lord, am watching this sinful kingdom of Israel, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not destroy all the descendants of Jacob.

Zechariah 8:10

Before that time no one could afford to hire either men or animals, and no one was safe from enemies. I turned people against one another.