Amos 9

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Amos 9

God’s Judgment Unavoidable

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1} I saw the Lord standing beside the ^(A)altar, and He said,

“Smite the capitals so that the ^(B)thresholds will shake,
And ^(C)break them on the heads of them all!
Then I will ^(D)slay the rest of them with the sword;
They will ^(E)not have a fugitive who will flee,
Or a refugee who will escape.

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“Though they dig into ^(F)Sheol,
From there will My hand take them;
And though they ^(G)ascend to heaven,
From there will I bring them down.

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“Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,
I will ^(H)search them out and take them from there;
And though they ^(I)conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea,
From there I will command the ^(J)serpent and it will bite them.

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“And though they go into ^(K)captivity before their enemies,
From there I will command the sword that it slay them,
And I will ^(L)set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”

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The Lord ^(a)God of hosts,
The One who ^(M)touches the land so that it melts,
And ^(N)all those who dwell in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

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The One who builds His ^(b)^(O)upper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,
He who ^(P)calls for the waters of the sea
And ^(Q)pours them out on the face of the earth,
^(R)The Lord is His name.

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“Are you not as the sons of ^(S)Ethiopia to Me,
O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the ^(T)Philistines from Caphtor and the ^(U)Arameans from ^(V)Kir?

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“Behold, the ^(W)eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will ^(X)destroy it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will ^(Y)not totally destroy the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord.

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“For behold, I am commanding,
And I will ^(Z)shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a ^(c)kernel will fall to the ground.

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“All the ^(AA)sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘^(AB)The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’

The Restoration of Israel

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“In that day I will ^(AC)raise up the fallen ^(d)^(AD)booth of David,
And wall up its ^(AE)breaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the ^(AF)days of old;

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^(AG)That they may possess the remnant of ^(AH)Edom
And all the ^(e)nations who are ^(AI)called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.

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“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the ^(AJ)plowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the ^(AK)mountains will drip sweet ^(AL)wine
And all the hills will be dissolved.

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“Also I will ^(AM)restore the ^(f)captivity of My people Israel,
And they will ^(AN)rebuild the ruined cities and live in them;
They will also ^(AO)plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.

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“I will also plant them on their land,
And ^(AP)they will not again be rooted out from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 9:5: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']

b. Amos 9:6: ['Or ', stairs]

c. Amos 9:9: ['Or ', pebble]

d. Amos 9:11: ['Or ', shelter, ' or ', tabernacle]

e. Amos 9:12: ['Or ', Gentiles]

f. Amos 9:14: ['Or ', fortunes]

Cross references:

A. Amos 9:1: Amos 3:14

B. Amos 9:1: Zephaniah 2:14

C. Amos 9:1: Psalm 68:21; Habakkuk 3:13

D. Amos 9:1: Amos 7:17

E. Amos 9:1: Jeremiah 11:11

F. Amos 9:2: Psalm 139:8

G. Amos 9:2: Jeremiah 51:53; Obadiah 1:4

H. Amos 9:3: Jeremiah 16:16

I. Amos 9:3: Job 34:22; Psalm 139:9; Psalm 139:10

J. Amos 9:3: Isaiah 27:1

K. Amos 9:4: Leviticus 26:33

L. Amos 9:4: Leviticus 17:10; Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 39:16; Jeremiah 44:11

M. Amos 9:5: Psalm 104:32; Psalm 144:5; Isaiah 64:1; Micah 1:4

N. Amos 9:5: Amos 8:8

O. Amos 9:6: Psalm 104:3; Psalm 104:13

P. Amos 9:6: Amos 5:8

Q. Amos 9:6: Psalm 104:6

R. Amos 9:6: Amos 4:13

S. Amos 9:7: Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 43:3

T. Amos 9:7: Deuteronomy 2:23; Jeremiah 47:4

U. Amos 9:7: Amos 1:5

V. Amos 9:7: Isaiah 22:6

W. Amos 9:8: Jeremiah 44:27; Amos 9:4

X. Amos 9:8: Amos 7:17; Amos 9:10

Y. Amos 9:8: Jeremiah 5:10; Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 31:35; Jeremiah 31:36; Joel 2:32; Amos 3:12; Obadiah 1:17

Z. Amos 9:9: Isaiah 30:28; Luke 22:31

AA. Amos 9:10: Isaiah 33:14; Zechariah 13:8

AB. Amos 9:10: Amos 6:3

AC. Amos 9:11: Acts 15:16-18

AD. Amos 9:11: Isaiah 16:5

AE. Amos 9:11: Psalm 80:12

AF. Amos 9:11: Isaiah 63:11; Jeremiah 46:26

AG. Amos 9:12: Obadiah 1:19

AH. Amos 9:12: Numbers 24:18; Isaiah 11:14

AI. Amos 9:12: Isaiah 43:7

AJ. Amos 9:13: Leviticus 26:5

AK. Amos 9:13: Joel 3:18

AL. Amos 9:13: Genesis 49:11

AM. Amos 9:14: Psalm 53:6; Isaiah 60:4; Jeremiah 30:3; Jeremiah 30:18

AN. Amos 9:14: Isaiah 61:4; Isaiah 65:21

AO. Amos 9:14: Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:28

AP. Amos 9:15: Isaiah 60:21; Ezekiel 34:28; Ezekiel 37:25