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.

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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:

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.