Amos 5:9
Good News Translation
He brings destruction on the mighty and their strongholds.

New Revised Standard Version
who makes destruction flash out against the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

Contemporary English Version
God destroys mighty soldiers and strong fortresses.

New American Bible
Woe to those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.

strengtheneth.

2 Kings 13:17,25 And said: Open the window to the east. And when he had opened it, Eliseus said: Shoot an arrow. And he shot. And Eliseus said: The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of the deliverance from Syria: and thou shalt strike the Syrians in Aphec, till thou consume them. . . .

Jeremiah 37:10 Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao's army,

Hebrews 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered strength from weakness, became valiant in battle, put to flight the armies of foreigners.

spoiled.

Context
A Call to Repentance
8Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name. 9He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.10They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.…
Cross References
Isaiah 29:5
And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall be like small dust: and as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee.

Amos 2:14
And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.

Micah 5:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will take away thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots.

Amos 5:8
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