Amos 9
9
1 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. 2Though they dig into Sheol,#9:2 Sheol is the place of the dead. there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down. 3Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them. 4Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good. 5For the Lord, the GOD#9:5 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “Lord” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh). of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt. 6It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth—the LORD is his name. 7Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says the LORD. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? 8Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says the LORD. 9“For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel amongst all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth. 10All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil won’t overtake nor meet us.’ 11In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old, 12that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says the LORD who does this.
13“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD,
“that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper,
and the one treading grapes him who sows seed;
and sweet wine will drip from the mountains,
and flow from the hills.
14 I will bring my people Israel back from captivity,
and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them;
and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them.
They shall also make gardens,
and eat their fruit.
15 I will plant them on their land,
and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,”
says the LORD your God.
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Amos 9
9
Fifth Vision: The Lord beside the Altar
1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar,#Am 3:14 and he said:
Strike the capitals of the pillars#Zph 2:14
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.#Jos 5:13–15; Am 7:9,17
None of those who flee will get away;#Jr 11:11
none of the fugitives will escape.
2If they dig down to Sheol,#Ps 139:8
from there my hand will take them;
if they climb up to heaven,#Jr 51:53; Ob 4
from there I will bring them down.
3If they hide
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down#Jb 34:22; Ps 139:9–10
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from my sight on the sea floor,#Jnh 2:2–6
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.#Is 27:1
4And if they are driven
by their enemies into captivity,#Lv 26:33
from there I will command
the sword to kill them.#Jb 34:21–22; Ps 139:7–12; Jr 23:24
I will keep my eye on them
for harm and not for good.#Jr 21:10; 44:27
5The Lord, the God of Armies —
he touches the earth;#Ps 104:32; 144:5; Is 64:1
it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn;
all of it rises like the Nile
and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.#Am 8:8
6He builds his upper chambers
in the heavens#Ps 104:3,13
and lays the foundation of his vault
on the earth.#Ps 102:25; Is 48:13; 51:13
He summons the water of the sea
and pours it out over the surface of the earth.#Ps 104:6
The Lord is his name.#Am 4:13; 5:8–9
Announcement of Judgment
7Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to me?#2Ch 14:9,12; Is 20:4; 43:3
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,#9:7 Probably Crete#Dt 2:23; Jr 47:4
and the Arameans from Kir?#2Kg 16:9; Is 22:6
8Look, the eyes of the Lord God
are on the sinful kingdom,#Am 9:4
and I will obliterate it
from the face of the earth.#Am 3:12
However, I will not totally destroy
the house of Jacob#Jr 5:10; 30:11; 31:35–36; Jl 2:32 —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
9for I am about to give the command,
and I will shake the house of Israel#Is 30:28; Lk 22:31
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
10All the sinners among my people#Is 33:14; Zch 13:8
who say, “Disaster will never overtake#9:10 Or “You will not let disaster come near
or confront us,”#Jr 5:12; 23:17; Am 6:3
will die by the sword.
Announcement of Restoration
11In that day
I will restore the fallen shelter#Lv 23:42–43; 2Sm 11:11; 1Kg 20:12; Is 4:6 of David:#2Sm 7:11–16; Jr 23:5; Ezk 34:23–24; Zch 9:9–10; Lk 1:32; Rv 5:5
I will repair its gaps,
restore its ruins,#Is 44:26
and rebuild it as in the days of old,#Is 63:11; Jr 46:26
12so that they may possess
the remnant of Edom#Ezk 36:5; Ob 21
and all the nations
that bear my name#9:12 LXX reads so that the remnant of man and all the nations... may seek me; Ac 15:17#Is 43:6–7; Mal 1:11; Ac 15:15–18 —
this is the declaration of the Lord; he will do this.
13Look, the days are coming —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
when the plowman will overtake the reaper#Lv 26:5
and the one who treads grapes,
the sower of seed.
The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and all the hills will flow with it.#Jl 2:24; 3:18
14I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.#9:14 Or restore my people Israel from captivity#Dt 30:3; Jr 31:23; 32:42–44
They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities,#Jr 30:18; 33:10–11
plant vineyards and drink their wine,
make gardens and eat their produce.#Is 65:21; Jr 31:5
15I will plant them on their land,
and they will never again be uprooted
from the land I have given them.#2Sm 7:10; Jr 24:6
The Lord your God has spoken.
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