Amos 9
New International Version - Amos 9 << | >> 123456789 9:1 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. 9:2 Though they dig down to the depths of the grave, [1] from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down. 9:3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. 9:4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix my eyes upon them for evil and not for good.' 9:5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, he who 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- 9:6 he who builds his lofty palace [2] in the heavens and sets its foundation [3] on the earth, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land- the Lord is his name. 9:7 'Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Cushites [4] ?' declares the Lord. 'Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor [5] and the Arameans from Kir? 9:8 'Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth- yet I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,' declares the Lord. 9:9 'For I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble will reach the ground. 9:10 All the sinners among my people will die by the sword, all those who say, 'Disaster will not overtake or meet us.' 9:11 'In that day I will restore David's fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be, 9:12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name, [6] ' declares the Lord , who will do these things. 9:13 'The days are coming,' declares the Lord , 'when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills. 9:14 I will bring back my exiled [7] people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 9:15 I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,' says the Lord your God.