Amos 9
1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals,
that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of
them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of
them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they
climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
3 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 it shall bite them.
4 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.
5 For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, [is] he that toucheth the land and it melteth,
and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the
River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;
6 [ it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his
vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth
them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.
7 Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel?
saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the
Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will
destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy
the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.
9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the
nations, like as [grain] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel
fall upon the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall
not overtake nor meet us.
11 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 its ruins, and I will build it as
in the days of old;
12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are
called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, 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.
14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people 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.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up
out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.