Amos 9
9
1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.
2Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
3And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.
4And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
5And the Lord the God of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up as a river, and shall run down as the river of Egypt.
6He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.
7Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?
8Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
9For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.
10All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.
11In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.
12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.
13Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled.
14And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them. And I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy 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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