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Amos 9:1

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and break them on the heads of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that flees of them shall not flee away, and he that escapes of them shall not be delivered.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Altar, in Jerusalem, chap. viii. 3., and i. 2. God is going to punish Israel, (Calmet) or the two tribes. (Chaldean) (St. Jerome) The ruin of the altar and temple, imply the abolishing of sacrifices during the captivity, at Babylon. (Worthington) But Amos speaks rather of Israel. (Calmet) Sword. The princes and people are all guilty. Septuagint, "strike or cut on the heads of all. "(Haydock)

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