(9:1-4) Amos sees God standing on the altar. God tells Amos that he will "cut them in the head" and "
slay the last of them with the sword." Any that try to escape by diving to the bottom of the sea will be bitten, at God's command, by a sea-serpent.
God will set his "eyes upon them for evil, not for good." Can God be seen?
(9:1) "I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said ... 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."
(9:2) "Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:"
(9:3) "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:"
(9:4) "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." What the Bible says about Evil
(9:5) "God ... 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."
9:1I 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.
9:2Though they dig into
hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven,
thence will I bring them down:
9:3And 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:
9:4And 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.
9:5
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.
9:6
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.
9:7
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?
9:8
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.
(9:8-10)
God will destroy the "the sinful kingdom" and "all the sinners" among his people.
(9:8) "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."
(9:10) "All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword."
9:9
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.
9:10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil
shall not overtake nor prevent us.
9:11
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:
9:12
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.
9:13
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.
9:14
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.
(9:15) "They shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them."
Despite this promise, the Jews have been continually uprooted and their lives disrupted. Even today, their land is far from secure.
9:15And 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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