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Amos 9

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I have seen the Lord standing by the altar , and He saith: ` Smite the knob , and the thresholds shake , And cut them off by the head -- all of them , And their posterity with a sword I do slay , Not flee to them doth the fleer , Nor escape to them doth a fugitive .

I saw the LORD standing upon the altar : and he said, Smite the lintel of the door , that the posts may shake : and cut them in the head , all of them ; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away , and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered .

If they dig through into sheol , From thence doth My hand take them , And if they go up the heavens , From thence I cause them to come down .

Though they dig into hell , thence shall mine hand take them ; though they climb up to heaven , thence will I bring them down :

And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them , And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them .

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them :

And if they go into captivity before their enemies, From thence I command the sword, And it hath slain them , And I have set Mine eye on them for evil, And not for good.

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them : and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

And `it is' the Lord , Jehovah of Hosts , Who is striking against the land, and it melteth , And mourned have all the inhabitants in it, And come up as a flood hath all of it, And it hath sunk -- like the flood of Egypt.

And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt , and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood ; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Who is building in the heavens His upper chambers; As to His troop , Upon earth He hath founded it, Who is calling for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out on the face of the land, Jehovah ` is ' His name.

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth ; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

As sons of Cushim are ye not to Me ? O sons of Israel -- an affirmation of Jehovah . Israel did I not bring up out of the land of Egypt? And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me , O children of Israel ? saith the LORD . Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Lo , the eyes of the Lord Jehovah ` are ' on the sinful kingdom, And I have destroyed it from off the face of the ground, Only, I destroy not utterly the house of Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah .

Behold , the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD .

For lo, I am commanding , And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As `one' doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain `to' the earth.

For , lo, I will command , and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations , like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

By sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying , ` Not overtake , or go before, For our sakes, doth evil . '

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword , which say , The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us .

In that day I raise the tabernacle of David , that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches , And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old .

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins , and I will build it as in the days of old :

So that they possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations on whom My name is called , An affirmation of Jehovah -- doer of this.

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

Lo , days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And come nigh hath the ploughman to the reaper, And the treader of grapes to the scatterer of seed , And the mountains have dropt juice , And all the hills do melt.

Behold , the days come , saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine , and all the hills shall melt.

And I have turned back `to' the captivity of My people Israel, And they have built desolate cities, and inhabited, And have planted vineyards, and drunk their wine , And made gardens, and eaten their fruit.

And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them .

And I have planted them on their own ground , And they are not plucked up any more from off their own ground, That I have given to them, said Jehovah thy God !

And I will plant them upon their land , and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God .

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