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New American Standard Bible 1995

Amos 9

God’s Judgment Unavoidable

1I saw the Lord standing beside the 1altar, and He said, “Smite the capitals so that the 2thresholds will shake, And 3break them on the heads of them all! Then I will 4slay the rest of them with the sword; They will 5not have a fugitive who will flee, Or a refugee who will escape.2Though they dig into 6Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they 7ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.3Though they hide on the summit of Carmel, I will 8search them out and take them from there; And though they 9conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, From there I will command the 10serpent and it will bite them.4And though they go into 11captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword that it slay them, And I will 12set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”

5The Lord 13God of hosts, The One who 14touches the land so that it melts, And 15all those who dwell in it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;6The One who builds His 1617upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who 18calls for the waters of the sea And 19pours them out on the face of the earth, 20The Lord is His name.

7“Are you not as the sons of 21Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord. “Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the 22Philistines from Caphtor and the 23Arameans from 24Kir?8Behold, the 25eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, And I will 26destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will 27not totally destroy the house of Jacob,” Declares the Lord.9“For behold, I am commanding, And I will 28shake the house of Israel among all nations As grain is shaken in a sieve, But not a 29kernel will fall to the ground.10All the 30sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, ‘31The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’

The Restoration of Israel

11“In that day I will 32raise up the fallen 3334booth of David, And wall up its 35breaches; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the 36days of old;1237That they may possess the remnant of 38Edom And all the 39nations who are 40called by My name,” Declares the Lord who does this.

13“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When the 41plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the 42mountains will drip sweet 43wine And all the hills will be dissolved.14Also I will 44restore the 45captivity of My people Israel, And they will 46rebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also 47plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit.15I will also plant them on their land, And 48they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.

Notes

  1. 1. Amos 9:1 Amos 3:14 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 9:1 Zeph 2:14 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 9:1 Ps 68:21; Hab 3:13 ↩
  4. 4. Amos 9:1 Amos 7:17 ↩
  5. 5. Amos 9:1 Jer 11:11 ↩
  6. 6. Amos 9:2 Ps 139:8 ↩
  7. 7. Amos 9:2 Jer 51:53; Obad 4 ↩
  8. 8. Amos 9:3 Jer 16:16 ↩
  9. 9. Amos 9:3 Job 34:22; Ps 139:9, 10 ↩
  10. 10. Amos 9:3 Is 27:1 ↩
  11. 11. Amos 9:4 Lev 26:33 ↩
  12. 12. Amos 9:4 Lev 17:10; Jer 21:10; 39:16; 44:11 ↩
  13. 13. Amos 9:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch ↩
  14. 14. Amos 9:5 Ps 104:32; 144:5; Is 64:1; Mic 1:4 ↩
  15. 15. Amos 9:5 Amos 8:8 ↩
  16. 16. Amos 9:6 Or stairs ↩
  17. 17. Amos 9:6 Ps 104:3, 13 ↩
  18. 18. Amos 9:6 Amos 5:8 ↩
  19. 19. Amos 9:6 Ps 104:6 ↩
  20. 20. Amos 9:6 Amos 4:13 ↩
  21. 21. Amos 9:7 2 Chr 14:9, 12; Is 20:4; 43:3 ↩
  22. 22. Amos 9:7 Deut 2:23; Jer 47:4 ↩
  23. 23. Amos 9:7 Amos 1:5 ↩
  24. 24. Amos 9:7 2 Kin 16:9; Is 22:6 ↩
  25. 25. Amos 9:8 Jer 44:27; Amos 9:4 ↩
  26. 26. Amos 9:8 Amos 7:17; 9:10 ↩
  27. 27. Amos 9:8 Jer 5:10; 30:11; 31:35, 36; Joel 2:32; Amos 3:12; Obad 17 ↩
  28. 28. Amos 9:9 Is 30:28; Luke 22:31 ↩
  29. 29. Amos 9:9 Or pebble ↩
  30. 30. Amos 9:10 Is 33:14; Zech 13:8 ↩
  31. 31. Amos 9:10 Amos 6:3 ↩
  32. 32. Amos 9:11 Acts 15:16-18 ↩
  33. 33. Amos 9:11 Or shelter or tabernacle ↩
  34. 34. Amos 9:11 Is 16:5 ↩
  35. 35. Amos 9:11 Ps 80:12 ↩
  36. 36. Amos 9:11 Is 63:11; Jer 46:26 ↩
  37. 37. Amos 9:12 Obad 19 ↩
  38. 38. Amos 9:12 Num 24:18; Is 11:14 ↩
  39. 39. Amos 9:12 Or Gentiles ↩
  40. 40. Amos 9:12 Is 43:7 ↩
  41. 41. Amos 9:13 Lev 26:5 ↩
  42. 42. Amos 9:13 Joel 3:18 ↩
  43. 43. Amos 9:13 Gen 49:11 ↩
  44. 44. Amos 9:14 Ps 53:6; Is 60:4; Jer 30:3, 18 ↩
  45. 45. Amos 9:14 Or fortunes ↩
  46. 46. Amos 9:14 Is 61:4; 65:21 ↩
  47. 47. Amos 9:14 Jer 24:6; 31:28 ↩
  48. 48. Amos 9:15 Is 60:21; Ezek 34:28; 37:25 ↩

Commentaries on Amos 9

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