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Amos 5:9

God's power and sovereignty

7 There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—

He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

10 There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

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BSB
He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
KJV
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
WEB
who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
ASV
that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
DARBY
He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.
BLB
the One flashing destruction upon the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
ÅB
Han som lar ødeleggelse lyne fram mot den sterke og fører ødeleggelse over den faste borg!
OTB
Han bringer plutselig ødeleggelse over festningen,
og ruin kommer over den befestede byen.
B1930
Han som lar ødeleggelse lyne frem mot den sterke og fører ødeleggelse over den faste borg!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 37:10

    Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

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  • 2 Kings 13:17

    “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

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  • Micah 5:11

    I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.

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  • 2 Kings 13:25

    Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.

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  • Hebrews 11:34

    quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

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