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Amós 9:2

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2 Aunque caven hasta el Seol , de allí los tomará mi mano; y aunque suban al cielo, de allí los haré bajar.

Amós 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 9:2

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them,
&c.] That is, they that endeavour to make their escape from their enemies, though they seek for places of the greatest secrecy and privacy; not hell, the place of the damned; nor the grave, the repository of the dead; neither of which they chose to he in, but rather sought to escape them; but the deepest and darkest caverns, the utmost recesses of the earth, the very centre of it; which, could they get into, would not secure them from the power and providence of God, and from their enemies in pursuit of them, by his permission: though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down;
the summit of the highest mountains, and get as near to heaven, and at as great a distance from men, as can be, and yet all in vain. The Targum is,

``if they think to be hid as it were in hell, from thence their enemies shall take them by my word; and if they ascend the high mountains, to the top of heaven, thence will I bring them;''
see ( Psalms 139:8 ) .
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Amós 9:2 In-Context

1 Vi al Señor de pie junto al altar, y me dijo: Golpea los capiteles y que se estremezcan los umbrales, y rómpelos sobre la cabeza de todos. Entonces mataré a espada al resto de ellos; no habrá entre ellos fugitivo que huya, ni refugiado de ellos que escape.
2 Aunque caven hasta el Seol , de allí los tomará mi mano; y aunque suban al cielo, de allí los haré bajar.
3 Aunque se escondan en la cumbre del Carmelo, allí los buscaré y los tomaré; aunque se oculten de mis ojos en el fondo del mar, allí ordenaré a la serpiente que los muerda.
4 Aunque vayan al cautiverio delante de sus enemigos, allí ordenaré a la espada que los mate, y pondré sobre ellos mis ojos para mal y no para bien.
5 El Señor, DIOS de los ejércitos: el que toca la tierra, y ésta se derrite, y se lamentan todos los que en ella habitan, sube toda ella como el Nilo y mengua como el Nilo de Egipto;

Footnotes 1

  • [a] I.e., regin de los muertos
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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