24 (A)He will flee from an iron weapon;
    (B)a bronze arrow will strike (C)him through.

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24 Though he flees(A) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(B)

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19     (A)as if a man fled from a lion,
    and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
    and a serpent bit him.

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)

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18 (A)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 (B)the windows of heaven are opened,
    and (C)the foundations of the earth tremble.

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18 Whoever flees(A) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;(B)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.(C)

The floodgates of the heavens(D) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.(E)

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35 (A)He trains my hands for war,
    so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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35 He trains my hands(A) for battle;
    my arms can bend a bow(B) of bronze.

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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.

(F)“If they dig into Sheol,
    from there shall my hand take them;
(G)if they climb up to heaven,
    from there I will bring them down.
If they hide themselves on (H)the top of Carmel,
    from there I will search them out and take them;
(I)and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
    there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

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Footnotes

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

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)

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43 (A)Terror, pit, and snare
    are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
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.
(B)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
    the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.

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43 Terror(A) and pit and snare(B) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
44 “Whoever flees(C) from the terror
    will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
    the year(D) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.

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23     till an arrow pierces its liver;
as (A)a bird rushes into a snare;
    he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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23     till an arrow pierces(A) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
    little knowing it will cost him his life.(B)

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30 And the rest fled into the city of (A)Aphek, and the wall fell upon 27,000 men who were left.

Ben-hadad also fled and entered (B)an inner chamber in the city.

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30 The rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek,(A) where the wall collapsed(B) on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid(C) in an inner room.

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