Amos 9
9
1 I saw the Lord standing over an altar, and he said: "Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shaken. For there is avarice at the head of them all, and I will execute the very last of them with the sword. There will be no escape for them. They will flee, and he who flees from among them will not be saved.
2 If they descend even to the underworld, from there my hand will draw them out; and if they ascend even to the sky, from there will I pull them down.
3 And if they were hiding at the top of Carmel, when searching there, I would steal them away, and if they conceal themselves from my eyes in the depths of the sea, I will command the serpent there and he will bite them.
4 And if they go into captivity in the sight of their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. And I will set my eyes over them for harm and not for good."
5 And the Lord God of hosts, he touches the earth and it will melt. And all who dwell in it will mourn. And everyone will rise up like a river, and will flow away like the river of Egypt.
6 He establishes his ascension into heaven, and he has founded his bundle on the earth. He calls the waters of the ocean, and pours them over the face of the earth. The Lord is his name.
7 Sons of Israel, are you not like the sons of the Ethiopians to me, says the Lord? Did I not cause Israel to rise up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinning kingdom, and I will wipe it from the face of the earth. Though truly, when destroying, I will not wipe away the house of Jacob, says the Lord.
9 For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as wheat is sifted in a sieve. And not even one small stone will fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners of my people will die by the sword. They say, "Disaster will not come near us, and it will not overcome us."
11 In that day, I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which is fallen. And I will repair the breaches in its walls, and I will restore that which collapsed. And I will rebuild it, just as in the days of antiquity,
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Idumea and all the nations, for my name has been invoked over them, says the Lord who does this.
13 Behold, the days pass, says the Lord, and the plower will overtake the harvester, and the treader of grapes will overtake the sower of seed. And the mountains will drip sweetness, and every hill will be cultivated.
14 And I will turn back the captivity of my people Israel. And they will rebuild the deserted cities and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and drink their wine. And they will create gardens and eat their fruits.
15 And I will plant them on their own soil. And I will no longer root them out of their own land, which I have given them, says the Lord your God.
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Amos 9
9
The Destruction of Israel
1I saw the Lord standing beside#9:1 Or on the altar, and he said:
#
Zeph. 2:14 “Strike the capitals until #Zeph. 2:14 the thresholds #[Isa. 6:4] shake,
# See Judg. 16:26-30 and shatter them on the heads of all the people;#9:1 Hebrew all of them
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
# [ch. 2:14] not one of them shall flee away;
not one of them shall escape.
2 # [Ps. 139:8-10] “If they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
# [Ps. 139:8-10] if they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.
3If they hide themselves on #ch. 1:2 the top of Carmel,
from there I will search them out and take them;
# [Job 26:5] and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
4 # [Deut. 28:65] And if they go into captivity before their enemies,
there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
# See Jer. 21:10 and I will fix my eyes upon them
for evil and not for good.”
5The Lord God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and #Ps. 46:6 it melts,
and all who dwell in it mourn,
# ch. 8:8 and all of it rises like the Nile,
# ch. 8:8 and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
6 # [Ps. 104:3, 5] who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
and founds his vault upon the earth;
# See ch. 5:8 who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
# See ch. 4:13 the Lord is his name.
7“Are you not like #[Zeph. 3:10] the Cushites to me,
O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
#
Ex. 20:2 “Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
and #Jer. 47:4 the Philistines from #Gen. 10:14 Caphtor and the Syrians from #ch. 1:5Kir?
8Behold, #[ver. 4] the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
#
Jer. 30:11; [Obad. 17] except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.
9“For behold, I will command,
# [Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17] and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
who say, #[ch. 6:3]‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’
The Restoration of Israel
11“In that day #Cited Acts 15:16I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12 # [Obad. 19] that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and #Cited Acts 15:17, 18all the nations who are called by my name,”#9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord
declares the Lord who does this.
13“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
#
Lev. 26:5 “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
#
Joel 3:18
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 #
Jer. 30:3 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and #Isa. 61:4 they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
#
Jer. 31:5
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 #
Jer. 24:6; Ezek. 34:29 I will plant them on their land,
# [Joel 3:20] and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land #[Jer. 3:18]that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
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