Amos 9

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1. 1I saw the LORD standing beside the altar, and he said, 'Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Cut them in the head, all of them. I will kill the last of them with the sword. Anyone who tries to flee will not escape, and no one who escapes will be delivered.'
2. 2Even if they dig into hell, my hand will take them from there; even if they climb up to heaven, I will bring them down from there.
3. 3"Even if they hide on the peak of Mount Carmel, I will hunt them down and seize them. Even if they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the serpent there, and it will bite them."
4. 4Even if they go into captivity before their enemies, I will command the sword to kill them there. I will keep my eyes on them for harm, not for good.
5. 5The Lord GOD of Armies touches the earth and it melts. Everyone living on it mourns. The whole land rises like a flood and is drowned, like the flood of Egypt.
6. 6He builds his upper chambers in the heavens and has founded his vault on the earth. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth. The LORD is his name.
7. 7Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the LORD. Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
8. 8"Look — the eyes of the Lord GOD are on this sinful kingdom, and I will wipe it off the face of the earth. But I won't completely destroy the house of Jacob," declares the LORD.
9. 9For look, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve. Yet the least grain will not fall upon the earth.
10. 10"Every sinner among my people will die by the sword — the ones who say, 'Disaster will never catch up to us.'"
11. 11On that day, I will raise up the fallen tabernacle of David. I will repair its broken walls, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as it was in the days of old.
12. 12That they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the heathen who are called by my name, says the LORD who does this.
13. 13"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the plowman will overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes will overtake the one sowing seed. The mountains will drip sweet wine, and all the hills will melt."
14. 14"I will bring my people Israel back from captivity. They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine. They will plant gardens and eat the fruit."
15. 15"I will plant them firmly in their own land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God.