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Amos 9:1

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רָאִ֨יתִיra.'I.tiI sawH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲדֹנָ֜י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
נִצָּ֣בni.TzavstandingH5324 →
עַֽל־'al-onH5921 →
הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196 →
וַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.Merand he saidH559 →
הַ֨ךְhakhstrikeH5221 →
הַכַּפְתּ֜וֹרha.kaf.Torthe capitalH3730 →
וְיִרְעֲשׁ֣וּve.yir.'a.Shuso they may shakeH7493 →
הַסִּפִּ֗יםha.si.Pimthe thresholdsH5592 →
וּבְצַ֙עַם֙u.ve.Tza.'amand break off themH1214 →
בְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.Roshon [the] head ofH7218 →
כֻּלָּ֔םku.Lamall of themH3605 →
וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖םve.'a.cha.ri.Tamand posterity theirH319 →
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
אֶהֱרֹ֑ג'e.he.RogI will killH2026 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יָנ֤וּסya.Nushe will fleeH5127 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemof them
נָ֔סNas[one who] fleesH5127 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִמָּלֵ֥טyi.ma.Lethe will escapeH4422 →
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemof them
פָּלִֽיט׃pa.Litan escapeeH6412 →

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Psalms 68:21Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.Exodus 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”Isaiah 6:3–4And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”Habakkuk 3:13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. SelahIsaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.Amos 3:14On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,Zephaniah 2:14Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.John 1:32Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.Ezekiel 10:4Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.Ezekiel 1:28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.Zechariah 11:1–2Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!2 Chronicles 18:18Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.Amos 2:14–15Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.Jeremiah 48:44“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.Ezekiel 9:2And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

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The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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