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Amos 9

1Isawרָאִ֨יתִיra.'I.tiH7200theLordאֲדֹנָ֜י'a.do.NaiH136standingנִצָּ֣בni.TzavH5324upon thealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַha.miz.Be.achH4196: and hesaidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559,Smiteהַ֨ךְhakhH5221the lintel of thedoorהַכַּפְתּ֜וֹרha.kaf.TorH3730, that thepostsהַסִּפִּ֗יםha.si.PimH5592mayshakeוְיִרְעֲשׁ֣וּve.yir.'a.ShuH7493: andcutוּבְצַ֙עַם֙u.ve.Tza.'amH1214them in theheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218, all of them; and I willslayאֶהֱרֹ֑ג'e.he.RogH2026thelastוְאַחֲרִיתָ֖םve.'a.cha.ri.TamH319of them with theswordבַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revH2719: he thatfleethיָנ֤וּסya.NusH5127of them shall not fleeawayנָ֔סNasH5127, and he thatescapethפָּלִֽיט׃pa.LitH6412of them shall not bedeliveredיִמָּלֵ֥טyi.ma.LetH4422.

2Though theydigיַחְתְּר֣וּyach.te.RuH2864intohellבִשְׁא֔וֹלvish.'olH7585, from there shall myhandיָדִ֣יya.DiH3027takeתִקָּחֵ֑םti.ka.ChemH3947them; though they climbupיַעֲלוּ֙ya.'a.LuH5927toheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, from there will I bring themdownאוֹרִידֵֽם׃'o.ri.DemH3381:

3And though theyhideיֵחָֽבְאוּ֙ye.cha.ve.'UH2244themselves in thetopבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218ofCarmelהַכַּרְמֶ֔לha.kar.MelH3760, I willsearchאֲחַפֵּ֖שׂ'a.cha.PesH2664and take themoutוּלְקַחְתִּ֑יםu.le.kach.TimH3947from there; and though they arehidיִסָּ֨תְר֜וּyi.Sa.te.RuH5641from mysightעֵינַי֙'ei.NaiH5869in thebottomבְּקַרְקַ֣עbe.kar.Ka'H7172of theseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220, from there will Icommandאֲצַוֶּ֥ה'a.tza.VehH6680theserpentהַנָּחָ֖שׁha.na.ChashH5175, and he shallbiteוּנְשָׁכָֽם׃u.ne.sha.KhamH5391them:

4And though theygoH3212intocaptivityבַשְּׁבִי֙va.she.ViH7628beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440theirenemiesאֹֽיבֵיהֶ֔ם'.vei.HemH341, there will Icommandאֲצַוֶּ֥ה'a.tza.VehH6680theswordהַחֶ֖רֶבha.Che.revH2719, and it shallslayוַהֲרָגָ֑תַםva.ha.ra.Ga.tamH2026them: and I willsetוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יve.sam.TiH7760myeyesעֵינִ֧י'ei.NiH5869upon them forevilלְרָעָ֖הle.ra.'AhH7451, and not forgoodלְטוֹבָֽה׃le.to.VahH2896.

5And theLordוַאדֹנָ֨יva.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֜הYah.wehH3069ofhostsהַצְּבָא֗וֹתha.tze.va.'otH6635is he thattouchethהַנּוֹגֵ֤עַha.no.Ge.a'H5060thelandבָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ba.'A.retzH776, and it shallmeltוַתָּמ֔וֹגva.ta.MogH4127, and all thatdwellי֣וֹשְׁבֵיYo.o.she.veiH3427in it shallmournוְאָבְל֖וּve.'a.ve.LuH56: and it shall riseupוְעָלְתָ֤הve.'al.TahH5927wholly like ariverכַיְאֹר֙khay.'OrH2975; and shall bedrownedוְשָׁקְעָ֖הve.sha.ke.'AhH8257, as by theriverכִּיאֹ֥רki.'OrH2975ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714.

6It is he thatbuildethהַבּוֹנֶ֤הha.bo.NehH1129hischambersמַעֲלוֹתָ֔יוma.'a.lo.tovH4609in theheavenבַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙va.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and hathfoundedיְסָדָ֑הּye.sa.DahH3245histroopוַאֲגֻדָּת֖וֹva.'a.gu.da.ToH92in theearthאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776; he thatcallethהַקֹּרֵ֣אha.ko.Re'H7121for thewatersלְמֵֽי־le.mei-H4325of theseaהַיָּ֗םhai.YamH3220, and poureth themoutוַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛םvai.yish.pe.KhemH8210upon thefaceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776: TheLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068is hisnameשְׁמֽוֹ׃she.MoH8034.

7Are ye not aschildrenכִבְנֵי֩khiv.NeiH1121of theCushitesכֻשִׁיִּ֨יםkhu.shi.YimH3569to me, Ochildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478?saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068. Have not I broughtupהֶעֱלֵ֙יתִי֙he.'e.Lei.tiH5927Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478from thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714? and thePhilistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּ֥יםu.fe.lish.ti.YimH6430fromCaphtorמִכַּפְתּ֖וֹרmi.kaf.TorH3731, and theSyriansוַאֲרָ֥םva.'a.RamH758fromKirמִקִּֽיר׃mi.KirH7024?

8Behold, theeyesעֵינֵ֣י׀'ei.NeiH5869of theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֗הYah.wehH3069are upon thesinfulH2403kingdomבַּמַּמְלָכָה֙ba.mam.la.KhahH4467, and I willdestroyוְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֣יve.hish.mad.TiH8045it from off thefaceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of theearthהָאֲדָמָ֑הha.'a.da.MahH127;exceptאֶ֗פֶס'E.fesH657that I will notutterlyהַשְׁמֵ֥ידhash.MeidH8045destroyאַשְׁמִ֛יד'ash.MidH8045thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

9For, lo, I willcommandמְצַוֶּ֔הme.tza.VehH6680, and I willsiftוַהֲנִע֥וֹתִיva.ha.ni.'o.tiH5128thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478among allnationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471, like as grain issiftedיִנּ֙וֹעַ֙yi.No.a'H5128in asieveבַּכְּבָרָ֔הba.ke.va.RahH3531, yet shall not the smallestgrainצְר֖וֹרtze.RorH6872fallיִפּ֥וֹלyi.PolH5307upon theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

10All thesinnersחַטָּאֵ֣יcha.ta.'EiH2400of mypeopleעַמִּ֑י'a.MiH5971shalldieיָמ֔וּתוּya.Mu.tuH4191by theswordבַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revH2719, whosayהָאֹמְרִ֗יםha.'o.me.RimH559, Theevilהָרָעָֽה׃ha.ra.'AhH7451shall notovertakeתַגִּ֧ישׁta.GishH5066nor falluponוְתַקְדִּ֛יםve.tak.DimH6923us.

11In thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117will I raiseupאָקִ֛ים'a.KimH6965thetabernacleסֻכַּ֥תsu.KatH5521ofDavidדָּוִ֖ידda.VidH1732that isfallenהַנֹּפֶ֑לֶתha.no.Fe.letH5307, and closeupוְגָדַרְתִּ֣יve.ga.dar.TiH1443itsbreachesפִּרְצֵיהֶ֗ןpir.tzei.HenH6556; and I will raiseupאָקִ֔ים'a.KimH6965itsruinsוַהֲרִֽסֹתָיו֙va.ha.ri.so.TavH2034, and I willbuildוּבְנִיתִ֖יהָu.ve.ni.Ti.haH1129it as in thedaysכִּימֵ֥יki.MeiH3117ofoldעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769:

12That they maypossessיִֽירְשׁ֜וּyi.re.ShuH3423theremnantשְׁאֵרִ֤יתshe.'e.RitH7611ofEdomאֱדוֹם֙'e.dOmH123, and of all theheathenהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, who arecalledנִקְרָ֥אnik.Ra'H7121by mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068thatdoethעֹ֥שֶׂה'O.sehH6213this.

13Behold, thedaysיָמִ֤יםya.MimH3117comeבָּאִים֙ba.'ImH935,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, that theplowmanחוֹרֵשׁ֙cho.ReshH2790shallovertakeוְנִגַּ֤שׁve.ni.GashH5066thereaperבַּקֹּצֵ֔רba.ko.TzerH7114, and thetreaderוְדֹרֵ֥ךְve.do.RekhH1869ofgrapesעֲנָבִ֖ים'a.na.VimH6025him thatsowethבְּמֹשֵׁ֣ךְbe.mo.ShekhH4900seedהַזָּ֑רַעha.Za.ra'H2233; and themountainsהֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.RimH2022shalldropוְהִטִּ֤יפוּve.hi.Ti.fuH5197sweetwineעָסִ֔יס'a.SisH6071, and all thehillsהַגְּבָע֖וֹתha.ge.va.'otH1389shallmeltתִּתְמוֹגַֽגְנָה׃tit.mo.Gag.nahH4127.

14And I will bringagainוְשַׁבְתִּי֮ve.shav.TiH7725thecaptivityשְׁב֣וּתshe.VutH7622of mypeopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElH3478, and they shallbuildוּבָנ֞וּu.va.NuH1129thewasteנְשַׁמּוֹת֙ne.sha.mOtH8074citiesעָרִ֤ים'a.RimH5892, andinhabitוְיָשָׁ֔בוּve.ya.Sha.vuH3427them ; and they shallplantוְנָטְע֣וּve.na.te.'UH5193vineyardsכְרָמִ֔יםkhe.ra.MimH3754, anddrinkוְשָׁת֖וּve.sha.TuH8354thewineיֵינָ֑םyei.NamH3196of them; they shall alsomakeוְעָשׂ֣וּve.'a.SuH6213gardensגַנּ֔וֹתga.NotH1593, andeatוְאָכְל֖וּve.'a.khe.LuH398thefruitפְּרִיהֶֽם׃pe.ri.HemH6529of them.

15And I willplantוּנְטַעְתִּ֖יםu.ne.ta'.TimH5193them upon theirlandאַדְמָתָ֑ם'ad.ma.TamH127, and they shall no more be pulledupיִנָּתְשׁ֜וּyi.na.te.ShuH5428out of theirlandאַדְמָתָם֙'ad.ma.TamH127which I havegivenנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414them,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

Commentaries on Amos 9

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