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I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake. Break them in pieces on the head of all of them. I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will flee away. Not one of them will escape.
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Verse 1. Altar, in Jerusalem. Calmet. 8:3 and 1:2. God is going to punish Israel, ( Calmet.) or the two tribes. Chal. Saint 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.” Bible.
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