Amos 5:9
He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)
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- 2 Kgs 13:17 : 17 Elisha said,“Open the east window,” and he did so. Elisha said,“Shoot!” and he did so. Elisha said,“This arrow symbolizes the victory the LORD will give you over Syria. You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!”
- 2 Kgs 13:25 : 25 Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash took back from Ben Hadad son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Joash defeated him three times and recovered the Israelite cities.
- Jer 37:10 : 10 For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’”
- Mic 5:11 : 11 I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.
- Heb 11:34 : 34 quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,
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1Proclamation of the Destruction of Nineveh(2:2)“An enemy who will scatter you, Nineveh, has advanced against you!”“Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!”
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11Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD,“an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted.”
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21He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.
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5The bravehearted were plundered; they“fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.
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23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
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8(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name!
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21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.
22But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.
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19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
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12The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.
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40You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
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8But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.
9Denunciation and Destruction of Nineveh Whatever you plot against the LORD, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.
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25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
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2Look, the Lord sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.
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4The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumbled have taken on strength.
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29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.
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5So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.’
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6He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.
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9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
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10They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.
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17ע(Ayin) The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries’ power.
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4For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,
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14In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!
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30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
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5The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.
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5He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;
6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;
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10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
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7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.
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37Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.
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10The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
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16All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.
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15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.
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22A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.
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14Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.
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3When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”
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29How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.