16 then it shall be that the (A)sword which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.

Read full chapter

16 then the sword(A) you fear(B) will overtake you there, and the famine(C) you dread will follow you into Egypt, and there you will die.(D)

Read full chapter

You have (A)feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,” says the Lord God.

Read full chapter

You fear the sword,(A) and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord.(B)

Read full chapter

27 Behold, I will watch over them for adversity and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt (A)shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end to them.

Read full chapter

27 For I am watching(A) over them for harm,(B) not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish(C) by sword and famine(D) until they are all destroyed.(E)

Read full chapter

The Destruction of Israel

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said:

“Strike the [a]doorposts, that the thresholds may shake,
And (A)break them on the heads of them all.
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
(B)He who flees from them shall not get away,
And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.

“Though(C) they dig into [b]hell,
From there My hand shall take them;
(D)Though they climb up to heaven,
From there I will bring them down;
And though they (E)hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there (F)I will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
(G)I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:1 Capitals of the pillars
  2. Amos 9:2 Or Sheol

Israel to Be Destroyed

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.(B)
Though they dig down to the depths below,(C)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,(D)
    from there I will bring them down.(E)
Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(F)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.(G)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(H)
    there I will command the serpent(I) to bite them.(J)
Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword(K) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm(L) and not for good.(M)(N)

Read full chapter

48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”

Read full chapter

48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”

Read full chapter

Yet surely (A)My words and My statutes,
Which I commanded My servants the prophets,
Did they not overtake your fathers?

“So they returned and said:

(B)‘Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us,
According to our ways and according to our deeds,
So He has dealt with us.’ ” ’ ”

Read full chapter

But did not my words(A) and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?(B)

“Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve,(C) just as he determined to do.’”(D)

Read full chapter

11 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, (A)I will set My face against you for catastrophe and for [a]cutting off all Judah. 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to dwell there, and (B)they shall all be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine. They shall die, from the least to the greatest, by the sword and by famine; and (C)they shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse and a reproach! 13 (D)For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:11 destroying

11 “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,(A) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster(B) on you and to destroy all Judah. 12 I will take away the remnant(C) of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest,(D) they will die by sword or famine.(E) They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.(F) 13 I will punish(G) those who live in Egypt with the sword,(H) famine and plague,(I) as I punished Jerusalem.

Read full chapter

13 “But if (A)you say, ‘We will not dwell in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the Lord your God,

Read full chapter

13 “However, if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and so disobey(A) the Lord your God,

Read full chapter

21 (A)Evil pursues sinners,
But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.

Read full chapter

21 Trouble pursues the sinner,(A)
    but the righteous(B) are rewarded with good things.(C)

Read full chapter

45 “Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you [a]did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:45 did not listen to

45 All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you(A) until you are destroyed,(B) because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.

Read full chapter

22 (A)The Lord will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with (B)scorching,[a] and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:22 blight

22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease,(A) with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought,(B) with blight(C) and mildew, which will plague(D) you until you perish.(E)

Read full chapter

Curses on Disobedience(A)

15 “But it shall come to pass, (B)if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Read full chapter

Curses for Disobedience

15 However, if you do not obey(A) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,(B) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:(C)

Read full chapter