Amos 9:2

2 Though they dig down to the depths below, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens above, from there I will bring them down.

Amos 9:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
ESV
2 "If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
NLT
2 “Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.
MSG
2 If they dig their way down into the underworld, I'll find them and bring them up. If they climb to the stars, I'll find them and bring them down.
CSB
2 If they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

Amos 9:2 In-Context

1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people; those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape.
2 Though they dig down to the depths below, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens above, from there I will bring them down.
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies, there I will command the sword to slay them. “I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.”
5 The Lord, the LORD Almighty— he touches the earth and it melts, and all who live in it mourn; the whole land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt;

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Job 7:9; S Ezekiel 26:20; Psalms 139:8
  • 2. Jeremiah 51:53
  • 3. Obadiah 1:4
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