Amos 9:1-6

Israel to Be Destroyed

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;
6 he builds his lofty palace[a] in the heavens and sets its foundation[b] on the earth; he calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name.

Cross References 19

  • 1. Psalms 68:21
  • 2. Jeremiah 11:11
  • 3. S Job 7:9; S Ezekiel 26:20; Psalms 139:8
  • 4. Jeremiah 51:53
  • 5. Obadiah 1:4
  • 6. Amos 1:2
  • 7. Psalms 139:8-10
  • 8. Psalms 68:22
  • 9. Isaiah 27:1
  • 10. Jeremiah 16:16-17
  • 11. S Genesis 49:17; S Job 11:20
  • 12. S Leviticus 26:33; S Ezekiel 5:12
  • 13. S Jeremiah 21:10
  • 14. Jeremiah 39:16; S Ezekiel 15:7
  • 15. S Jeremiah 44:11
  • 16. S Psalms 46:2; Micah 1:4
  • 17. S Amos 8:8
  • 18. Jeremiah 43:9
  • 19. Ps 104:1-3,5-6,13; S Amos 5:8

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  • [b]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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