Amo 9 | NASB1995 | STEP | I saw the Lord standing beside the altar , and He said , “ Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake , And break them on the heads of them all ! Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword ; They will not have a fugitive who will flee , Or a refugee who will escape .

Amos 9

God’s Judgment Unavoidable

1 I saw the Lord standing beside the ^aaltar, and He said, “Smite the capitals so that the ^bthresholds will shake,
And ^cbreak them on the heads of them all!
Then I will ^dslay the rest of them with the sword;
They will ^enot have a fugitive who will flee,
Or a refugee who will escape.
2 “Though they dig into ^fSheol,
From there will My hand take them;
And though they ^gascend to heaven,
From there will I bring them down.
3 “Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,
I will ^hsearch them out and take them from there;
And though they ⁱconceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea,
From there I will command the ^jserpent and it will bite them.
4 “And though they go into ^kcaptivity before their enemies,
From there I will command the sword that it slay them,
And I will ^lset My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”

5 The Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord , and so throughout the ch}God of hosts,
The One who ⁿtouches the land so that it melts,
And ^oall those who dwell in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
6 The One who builds His ^{▼▼ Or stairs
,} ^qupper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,
He who ^rcalls for the waters of the sea
And ^spours them out on the face of the earth,
^tThe Lord is His name.

7 “Are you not as the sons of ^uEthiopia to Me,
O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the ^vPhilistines from Caphtor and the ^wArameans from ^xKir?
8 “Behold, the ^yeyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will ^zdestroy it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will ^aanot totally destroy the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord.
9 “For behold, I am commanding,
And I will ^abshake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a ^{▼▼ Or pebble}kernel will fall to the ground.
10 “All the ^adsinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘ ^aeThe calamity will not overtake or confront us.’

The Restoration of Israel

11 “In that day I will ^afraise up the fallen ^{▼▼ Or shelter or tabernacle
,} ^ahbooth of David,
And wall up its ^aibreaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the ^ajdays of old;
12 ^akThat they may possess the remnant of ^alEdom
And all the ^{▼▼ Or Gentiles}nations who are ^ancalled by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.

13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the ^aoplowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the ^apmountains will drip sweet ^aqwine
And all the hills will be dissolved.
14 “Also I will ^arrestore the ^{▼▼ Or fortunes}captivity of My people Israel,
And they will ^atrebuild the ruined cities and live in them;
They will also ^auplant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 “I will also plant them on their land,
And ^avthey will not again be rooted out from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.