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Amos 9:1 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Amos 9:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 9 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Israel to Be Destroyed
“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. lintel: or, chapiter, or, knop cut: or, wound them”
Amos 9:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar (רָאִיתִי אֶת־אֲדֹנָי נִצָּב עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ)—Amos's fifth and final vision shows Yahweh Himself standing al ha-mizbeach (upon the altar), likely the idolatrous altar at Bethel where Israel corrupted worship. The verb nitsav (נִצָּב, "standing") implies judicial authority, not priestly service—He stands to pronounce sentence, not receive sacrifice. Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake (הַךְ הַכַּפְתּוֹר וְיִרְעֲשׁוּ הַסִּפִּים) commands destruction from the top down—strike the kaptor (capital/lintel) so the sippim (thresholds) shake, ca...
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Cross-References for Amos 9:1
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“the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.”
“I saw the Lord sitting on a throne”
“and said”
“{NU reads God} who is in the bosom of the Father”
“I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me”
“for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.”
“Lebanon”
“[and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud”
“so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it”