Amos 5:9
He flashes destruction on the strong,
What it says
He brings sudden destruction upon the strong so that fortresses cannot stand before Him.
What it is doing
This verse denies that power structures can resist divine judgment.
In context
4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: 5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; 6Seek the LORD and live, 7There are those who turn justice into wormwood 8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, 9He flashes destruction on the strong, 10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate 11Therefore, because you trample on the poor 12For I know that your transgressions are many 13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, 14Seek good, not evil, 15Hate evil and love good;