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 themselves
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 fix My eyes on them
for harm and not for good. # Jr 21:10; 44:27
5The Lord, the God of Hosts —
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 waters of the sea
and pours them out on the face of the earth. # Ps 104:6
Yahweh 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, # 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 destroy 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 # 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 booth # 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 are called by My name # 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 Lord’s declaration —
He will do this.
13Hear this! 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. # 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
Yahweh your God has spoken.
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Amos 9
9
Vision of the Lord Standing by the Altar
1I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said,
“Hit the top of the columns,
and shake them to the ground.
Push them and they will fall
on everyone’s head.
As for those who survive,
I will kill them with a sword.
None of them will run away.
None of them will escape.
2If they dig deep into the ground,#9:2 ground Literally, “Sheol, the place of the dead.”
I will pull them from there.
If they go up into the skies,#9:2 skies Or “heaven.”
I will bring them down from there.
3If they hide at the top of Mount Carmel,#9:3 Mount Carmel A mountain in northern Israel. This name means “God’s vineyard.” This shows that it was a very fertile hill.
I will find them there and take them from that place.
If they try to hide from me at the bottom of the sea,
I will command the snake, and it will bite them.
4If they are captured and taken away by their enemies,
I will command the sword,
and it will kill them there.
Yes, I will watch over them,
but I will watch for ways to give them troubles,
not for ways to do good things.”
Punishment Will Destroy the People
5The Lord GOD All-Powerful will touch the land,
and the land will melt.
Then all the people who live in the land will cry for the dead.
The land will rise and fall
like the Nile River in Egypt.
6He built his upper rooms above the skies.
He put his skies#9:6 skies Literally, “dome” or “vault.” over the earth.
He calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out as rain on the land.
YAHWEH is his name.
The Lord Promises Destruction for Israel
7This is what the Lord says:
“Israel, you are like the Ethiopians to me.
I brought Israel out of the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,#9:7 Caphtor An island west of Israel, probably Crete or Cyprus.
and the Arameans from Kir.#9:7 Kir Where the Arameans came from and where the Assyrians sent them in exile. There are several places with this name.”
8The Lord GOD is watching this sinful kingdom.
The Lord says,
“I will wipe Israel off the face of the earth,
but I will never completely destroy Jacob’s family.
9I am giving the command
to scatter the people of Israel among all nations.
But it will be like someone sifting flour.
A person shakes flour through a sifter.#9:9 sifter Something like a cup with a screen on its bottom. A sifter is used for removing large lumps from the good flour.
The good flour falls through, but the bad lumps are caught.
10“Sinners among my people say,
‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’
But all of them will be killed with swords.”
God Promises to Restore the Kingdom
11“David’s tent#9:11 David’s tent This probably means the city of Jerusalem or the country of Judah. has fallen,
but at that time I will set it up again.
I will fix its holes and repair its ruined parts.
I will set it up as it was before.
12Then the people left alive in Edom,
and all the people called by my name, will look to me for help.”
This is what the Lord said,
and he will make it happen.
13The Lord says, “A time of great blessing is coming.
Workers will still be harvesting
when it is time to plow the fields again.
They will still be trampling the grapes
when it is time for a new crop.
Sweet wine will drip from the mountains
and pour from the hills.
14I will bring my people, Israel,
back from captivity.
They will rebuild the ruined cities,
and they will live in them.
They will plant vineyards
and drink the wine they produce.
They will plant gardens
and eat the crops they produce.
15I will plant my people on their land,
and never again will they be pulled up out of the land that I gave them.”
This is what the Lord your God said.
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