Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9

59 catchwords542 parallels

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Amos 9 . 1 , The certainty of the desolation; Amos 9 . 11 , The restoring of the tabernacle of David.

Amos 9:1

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

Amos 9:1 · BSB

I saw7 parallels

upon3 parallels

Smite4 parallels

cut them2 parallels

or , wound them , in the head

shall not flee6 parallels

Reciprocal37 parallels

lintel or , chapiter , or knop

Amos 9:2

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

Amos 9:2 · BSB

dig3 parallels

climb7 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

Though All these energetic expressions were intended to shew the utter impossibility of escape.

Amos 9:3

Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

Amos 9:3 · BSB

hide3 parallels

hid2 parallels

the serpent1 parallel

Reciprocal20 parallels

Amos 9:4

Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”

Amos 9:4 · BSB

go8 parallels

set7 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Amos 9:5

The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—

Amos 9:5 · BSB

toucheth7 parallels

and all3 parallels

shall rise6 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Amos 9:6

He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

Amos 9:6 · BSB

buildeth2 parallels

troop1 parallel

or , bundle

  • Genesis 2:1 Aguddah probably is the same as the Arabic ijad "an arch , vault ," and may here denote the vault of heaven , or atmosphere , which God "hath founded , or established , upon , or over , al the earth ," and into which "he calleth the waters of the sea , and poureth them out upon the face of the earth."

calleth3 parallels

The Lord3 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

stories or , spheres , Heb. ascensions , Maaloth "upper chambers ," which in eastern houses are the principal apartments. Perhaps there is a reference here to the various systems which God has created in illimitable space , transcending each other as the planets do in our system.

Amos 9:7

“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?

Amos 9:7 · BSB

ye not3 parallels

Have not3 parallels

the Philistines2 parallels

the Syrians2 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Amos 9:8

Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

Amos 9:8 · BSB

the eyes5 parallels

and I8 parallels

saving14 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Amos 9:9

"For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

Amos 9:9 · BSB

and I2 parallels

Reciprocal35 parallels

sift Heb. cause to move

grain Heb. stone

Amos 9:10

All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”

Amos 9:10 · BSB

the sinners14 parallels

The evil10 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Amos 9:11

"In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Amos 9:11 · BSB

that day1 parallel

raise19 parallels

the tabernacle2 parallels

close4 parallels

Heb. hedge , or wall

as in6 parallels

Reciprocal39 parallels

Amos 9:12

that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name," declares the LORD, who will do this.

Amos 9:12 · BSB

possess5 parallels

Edom5 parallels

which are called by my name7 parallels

Heb. upon whom my name is called

Reciprocal20 parallels

Amos 9:13

"Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

Amos 9:13 · BSB

plowman4 parallels

the mountains5 parallels

the hills3 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

soweth Heb. draweth forth

sweet wine or , new wine

Amos 9:14

I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

Amos 9:14 · BSB

I will bring8 parallels

build6 parallels

plant5 parallels

Reciprocal41 parallels

Amos 9:15

I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them," says the LORD your God.

Amos 9:15 · BSB

they shall7 parallels

As the Jews , after their return from Babylon , were driven from their land by the Romans , this can only refer to their future conversion and restoration , and to the security and peace of the church

Reciprocal34 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web13 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions John 4:36-37 → Amos 9:13, Amos 9:11 → 2 Samuel 7:12, Amos 9:11 → 2 Samuel 7:27, Amos 9:11-12 → 2 Samuel 7:12, Amos 9:11-12 → 2 Samuel 7:27
Echoes Luke 22:31-34 → Amos 9:9, Amos 9:11-12 → Hosea 3:5, Amos 9:11-12 → Isaiah 11:10
Trajectories
David (The King After God's Own Heart), Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest), Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring)
Anchor Text Networks
Networked Amos 9.11-12 - The Fallen Booth of David
Chiasms
Shaped Amos 9:1–4
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