The Destruction of Israel

I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:

(A)“Strike the capitals until (B)the thresholds (C)shake,
    (D)and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
    (E)not one of them shall flee away;
    not one of them shall escape.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:1 Or on
  2. Amos 9:1 Hebrew all of them

21 (A)But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
    the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

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18 (A)No one has ever seen God; (B)the only God,[a] who is at the Father's side,[b] (C)he has made him known.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:18 Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son
  2. John 1:18 Greek in the bosom of the Father

13 (A)You went out for the salvation of your people,
    for the salvation of (B)your anointed.
(C)You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
    laying him bare from thigh to neck.[a] Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:13 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

14 “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
    (A)I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and (B)the horns of the altar shall be cut off
    and fall to the ground.

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And one called to another and said:

(A)“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
(B)the whole earth is full of his glory!”[a]

And (C)the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and (D)the house was filled with smoke.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:3 Or may his glory fill the whole earth

Isaiah's Vision of the Lord

In the year that (A)King Uzziah died I (B)saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[a] of his robe filled the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:1 Or hem

32 And John (A)bore witness: (B)“I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and (C)it remained on him.

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The Flock Doomed to Slaughter

11 Open your doors, (A)O Lebanon,
    that the fire may devour your cedars!
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
    for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, (B)oaks of Bashan,
    for the thick forest has been felled!

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14 (A)Herds shall lie down in her midst,
    all kinds of beasts;[a]
(B)even the owl and the hedgehog[b]
    shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
    devastation will be on the threshold;
    for (C)her cedar work will be laid bare.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation
  2. Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain

14 (A)Flight shall perish from the swift,
    (B)and the strong shall not retain his strength,
    (C)nor shall the mighty save his life;
15 he who handles the bow shall not stand,
    and he who is (D)swift of foot shall not save himself,
    (E)nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;

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And (A)the glory of the Lord (B)went up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house (C)was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with (D)the brightness of the glory of the Lord.

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And behold, six men came from the direction of (A)the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was (B)a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside (C)the bronze altar.

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28 Like the appearance of (A)the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around.

Such was the appearance of the likeness of (B)the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, (C)I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

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44 He who flees from the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
(A)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
    the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.

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16 and you said,
“No! We will flee upon (A)horses”;
    therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
    therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

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17 (A)Terror and the pit and the snare[a]
    are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 (B)He who flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
For (C)the windows of heaven are opened,
    and (D)the foundations of the earth tremble.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike

18 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: (A)I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

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13 At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.

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