Amos 2:3

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'I will cut off the ruler from its midst and kill all its officials with him,' declares the LORD.

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  • Num 24:17 : 17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob, a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab and destroy all the sons of Sheth.
  • Jer 48:7 : 7 Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you too will be captured! Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials together.
  • Jer 48:25 : 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and her arm is broken, declares the LORD.
  • Ps 2:10 : 10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.
  • Isa 40:23 : 23 He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 2:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.'

    2'So I will send fire upon Moab, and it will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will die in great tumult, with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.'

  • Amos 2:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept His statutes. Their lies have led them astray, lies after which their ancestors walked.'

    5'So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.'

  • Mic 5:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10I will demolish the cities of your land and tear down all your fortresses.

    11I will remove sorceries from your hand, and you will have no more soothsayers.

  • Zeph 1:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth—this is the Lord’s declaration.

    3I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, along with the ruins and the wicked. I will remove mankind from the face of the earth—this is the Lord’s declaration.

    4I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every remnant of Baal from this place, the names of the pagan priests along with the priests.

  • 5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them with the words of My mouth, and My judgments shine like light.

  • 11I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Jer 1:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15For I am summoning all the clans and kingdoms of the north,' declares the LORD. 'They will come, and each will set up his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, around all her walls, and against all the cities of Judah.

    16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their evil in forsaking Me, burning incense to other gods, and worshiping the works of their own hands.

  • 11Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I have set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.

  • 14And I will shatter them, one against another, fathers and sons together,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will show no pity, no compassion, and no mercy to prevent their destruction.’

  • Amos 1:14-15
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    76%

    14So I will set fire to the wall of Rabbah, and it will consume her palaces amid shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest on the day of the whirlwind.

    15Their king will go into exile, he and his princes together,' says the LORD.

  • 16‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read—’

  • 6For I will no longer show pity to the people of the land,' declares the LORD. 'I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.'

  • 10The leaders of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

  • Ezek 21:3-4
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    75%

    3and say to the southern forest, 'Listen to the word of the LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Behold, I am about to set you ablaze, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree within you. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched by it.

    4All human beings will see that I, the LORD, have ignited it, and it will not be put out.

  • 27The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct and judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • 7I will send destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choice cedars and throw them into the fire.

  • 2The glory of Moab is no more! In Heshbon, a plan for disaster was made against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!' Even Madmen will be silenced; the sword will follow you.

  • 1I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said, 'Strike the capitals so that the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people. Those who survive I will kill with the sword; not one of them will flee, not a single one will escape.'

  • 13The lion tears apart prey to feed its cubs and strangles it for its lionesses. He fills his dens with prey and his lairs with torn flesh.

  • 7In this place, I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and at the hands of those who seek their lives. I will give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth.

  • 38I will set my throne in Elam and destroy their king and officials from there, declares the LORD.

  • 22Behold, I am giving a command, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without any inhabitants.

  • 37The peaceful pastures will be silent because of the LORD's fierce anger.

  • 7therefore, I will stretch out my hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples, destroy you from the lands, and annihilate you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • 15I will strike down the winter house along with the summer house, and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the Lord.

  • 9"This is what the LORD says: 'In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • 22'I will rise up against them,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,' declares the LORD.

  • 17'But if they do not obey, I will completely uproot and destroy that nation,' declares the LORD.

  • 11To the house of the king of Judah: Hear the word of the LORD.

  • 6I have cut off nations; their corner towers are in ruins. I have laid waste their streets, so that no one passes through. Their cities are destroyed; there is no one left—no inhabitant.

  • 3I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.

  • 15Moab is devastated, and its towns have been destroyed! The best of its young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

  • 25The horn of Moab is cut off, and her arm is broken, declares the LORD.

  • 2The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. In his wrath, he has torn down the fortresses of the daughter of Judah, bringing them down to the ground. He has defiled her kingdom and its rulers.

  • 31This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are. Exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

  • 12This is what the Lord says: 'Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be destroyed and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, Judah, I will afflict you no more.'

  • 14The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: 'Your name will no longer be perpetuated. Out of the house of your gods I will destroy the carved image and the cast idol. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile.'

  • 22Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am about to punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine.’

  • 14In anger and wrath, I will execute vengeance on the nations that have not obeyed.

  • 14I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will consume everything around her.

  • 12So I will send fire upon Teman, and it will consume the palaces of Bozrah.

  • 13I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, no figs on the tree, and even the leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them.