Amos Chapter 9 (KJV)
King James Version
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1. I saw the Lord standing upon the altar | |
2. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down | |
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 | |
4. And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them | |
5. And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn | |
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 | |
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? KJV | |
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. KJV | |
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. KJV | |
10. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. KJV | |
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 | |
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. KJV | |
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. KJV | |
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. KJV | |
15. And 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. KJV Image |
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