Old Testament · Prophets
Amos chapter 9
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I saw the Master standing over , and he said:
Strike until the doorframes shake.
Bring the roof down on the heads of all of them.
Whoever is left I will kill with the sword.
Not one of them will outrun it,
not one of them will get away.If they dig their way down into ,
my hand will take them from there.
If they climb up into the sky,
I will bring them down from there.If they hide themselves on the summit of ,
I will hunt them out and take them from there.
If they drop out of my sight to the floor of the sea,
I will give the order to there, and it will bite them.If their enemies march them off into captivity,
I will give the order to the sword there, and it will kill them.
I will fix my eyes on them for harm and not for good.The Master, ,
touches the land and it melts,
and everyone living on it goes into mourning.
All of it heaves up like the Nile
and drops back like the river of Egypt.He builds in the sky
and sets the floor of them on the earth.
He calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land.
Yahweh is his name.Are you any different to me than , Israel? declares Yahweh.
Did I not bring Israel up out of Egypt,
and the Philistines out of ,
and the Arameans out of Kir?Look, the eyes of the Master, Yahweh, are on this kingdom that ,
and I will wipe it off the face of the ground.
Still, I will not wipe out the house of Jacob completely,
declares Yahweh.I am giving the order now,
and I will shake the house of Israel out among all the nations
the way grain is ,
and not one pebble will hit the ground.Everyone among my people who has broken faith will die by the sword,
all of them saying, “Disaster will not catch us. It will never get anywhere near us.”On that day I will raise up that fell down,
and I will wall up its gaps
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it the way it stood long ago,so that they take possession of what is left of
and of all the nations that are called by my name,
declares Yahweh, and he is the one who will do it.The days are coming, declares Yahweh,
when ,
and the one treading grapes to the one sowing seed.
The mountains will run with
and every hill will melt with it.I will bring my people Israel back from where they were taken.
They will rebuild the wrecked towns and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink the wine.
They will make gardens and eat the fruit.I will plant them on their own ground,
and they will never be pulled up again
out of the ground I have given them,
says Yahweh your God.