Amos 9:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

Dig

Job 26:6

Psalm 139:7

Isaiah 2:19

Climb

Luke 10:18

General references

Matthew 24:28

Bible References

Dig

Sheol is naked before him, and hell has no covering.

Where shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence?

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, because of the terrible presence of the LORD and because of the glory of his majesty when he shall arise to smite the earth.

Climb

Though his excellency mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds,

Thou who said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven; upon high next to the stars of God I will exalt my throne: and I will sit upon the mount of the testimony and in the sides of the north;

Thy arrogance has deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dost dwell in the clefts of the rock, that dost hold the height of the mountain: though thou should make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from there, said the LORD.

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strength upon high, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, said the LORD.

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, topaz, diamond, turquoise, onyx, and beryl, the sapphire, ruby, and emerald, and gold; the works of thy tambourines and of thy pipes were prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle and though thou set thy nest among the stars, from there I will bring thee down, said the LORD.

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

General references

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and took Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall; and when I had dug in the wall, behold a door.

Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, said the Lord GOD.

For wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.