Bible, King James Version
Amos
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.
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