Amos 9
1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the capital, and the thresholds will shake; smash everything above all their heads, and I will kill with the sword those who remain. Not one of them will be able to flee; not one of them will escape.
2 If they dig down to Sheol, my hand will take them from there; if they climb up to heaven, I will bring them down from there.
3 If they hide on the top of Carmel, I will search for them there and seize them; if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, I will command the serpent there, and it will bite them.
4 If they go into captivity before their enemies, I will command the sword there, and it will kill them. I will keep my eyes on them for harm, not for good.”
5 The Lord, the LORD of Armies, touches the earth, and it melts; all who live in it mourn. The whole land rises like the Nile and sinks like the Nile of Egypt.
6 He builds his upper chambers in the heavens and establishes his vault over the earth; he calls for the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is his name.
7 “Are you not like the Cushites to me, people of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?”
8 Look, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
9 For I am giving the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble will fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners among my people will die by the sword—those who say, “Disaster will not come near us or overtake us.”
11 “On that day I will raise up David’s fallen shelter, close up its gaps, raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in ancient days.
12 They will take possession of the remnant of Edom and all the nations over which my name has been called,” declares the LORD, who does this.
13 “Look, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will catch up with the reaper, and the grape-treader with the one sowing seed. The mountains will drip with new wine, and all the hills will melt.
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. They will rebuild ruined cities and live in them; they will plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will plant them in their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I gave them,” says the LORD your God.
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