Amos

Amos 9 ©

1 The certainty of Israel's desolation. 11 The restoring of the tabernacle of David, and of the captivity of Israel.

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I aSAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, bSmite the 1lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and 2cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay cthe last of them with the sword: dhe that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

a ch. 3.14; 7.1. Eze. 10.4; 9.2; 38.17. Is. 34.6.
b ch. 8.3. Ps. 68.21. Is. 51.9. Hab. 3.13.
c Is. 9.14.
d Is. 24.17,18; 30.16,17. Je. 48.44. ch. 2.14,15; 5.19.
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eThough they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

e Ps. 139.8,9. Is. 2.19. Job 26.6; 20.6. Je. 51.53. Ob. 4. Pr. 11.21.
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And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be fhid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

f Ps. 139.12. Je. 23.24; 37.10,17; 16.16. Ps. 94.7.
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And gthough they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and hI will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

g Le. 26.33-39. De. 28.64,65. Eze. 5.12,13. Pr. 11.21.
h Je. 44.11; 21.10; 24.6. Le. 17.10. De. 28.63.
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And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that itoucheth the land, and jit shall melt, kand 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.

i Is. 64.1,2. Mi. 1.4. Hab. 3.10. Ps. 144.5.
j Ps. 46.6.
k ch. 2.16; 8.8. Ho. 4.3. Je. 12.4. Is. 7.17-25; 8.7,8.
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It is he that buildeth his 3stories in the heaven, and hath founded his 4troop in the earth; lhe that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

l Job 36.27; 37.6,11-13; 38.25,26.
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Are mye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. nHave not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the oPhilistines from Caphtor, and pthe Syrians from Kir?

m Je. 13.23; 9.25,26. Ge. 9.25. Is. 1.10. Mat. 3.9. Ro. 2.25.
n Ex. 12.51. Ho. 12.13.
o Je. 47.4. De. 2.23.
p ch. 1.5. 2Ki. 16.9.
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Behold, qthe eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and rI will destroy it from off the face of the earth; ssaving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

q v.1-4. Ps. 11.4-6. Ho. 13.7. Je. 44.27.
r Ho. 1.6; 3.4; 9.11-17; 13.15,16.
s De. 4.31. Je. 30.11. Joel 2.32. Je. 31.36. Ob. 16,17. Ro. 11.28,29.
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For, lo, I will command, and tI will 5sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least 6grain fall upon the earth.

t Le. 26.33. De. 28.64. Mat. 3.12.
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All uthe sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor *prevent us.

u Is. 33.14; 28.14-22. ch. 6.1,3. Zec. 11.17.
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¶In that vday wwill I raise up the *tabernacle of David that is fallen, and 7close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

v Ac. 15.16,17. Ho. 1.10,11; 3.5. Ro. 11.25-27. Mat. 16.18. Re. 11.15. Eze. 37; 40-48. Is. 2.11; 11.11-16.
w Je. 30.18. Mi. 7.11.
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xThat they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, 8which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

x Is. 11.14; 14.1-3; 19.25; 49; 60; 61. Ob. 18-21. Nu. 24.17,18.
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Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, ythat the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that 9soweth seed; and zthe mountains shall drop 10sweet wine, and all the hills ashall melt.

a v.5.
y Le. 26.5. Eze. 36.35. Ho. 2.21-23. Jn. 4.35.
z Joel 3.18,20. Is. 35.1; 41.19; 55.13. Ps. 72.16; 65.12,13.
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And bI will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and cthey 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.

b Je. 23.3; 30.3,18. Ho. 1.11; 3.5. Je. 3.18. Is. 61.4,11; 65.21,22; 62.8,9. Eze. 37.25-28; 36.33-36. Ro. 11.25,26.
c Eze. 36.10. Zec. 8.7,8.
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And I will plant them upon their land, dand they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

d Je. 23.6; 32.41. Eze. 34.28. Joel 3.20. Mi. 4.4. Zep. 3.13. Is. 35.10; 60.21.