Amos.9
[1] I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may
shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth
of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
[2] Though they dig into
hell, thence shall mine hand take them; 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 he 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] And the Lord GOD of
hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall
rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
[6] It is he that buildeth his
stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea,
and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
[7] Are ye not as children of
the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. 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 GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that
I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
[9] For, lo, I will command, and I will sift
the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall
upon the earth.
[10] All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not
overtake nor prevent 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 his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
[12] That
they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the
LORD that doeth this.
[13] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 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 again the captivity of my people of 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 pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.