Amos 9 — Legacy Standard Bible

Sinful Israelites Will Die by the Sword

9I saw the Lord standing beside the ^aaltar, and He said, “Strike the capitals so that the ^bthresholds will quake,And ^cbreak them on the heads of them all!Then I will ^dkill the rest of them with the sword;^eNot one of them who can flee will flee,And not one of them who can survive will escape.

²“Though they dig into ^aSheol,From there will My hand take them;And though they ^bascend to heaven,From there will I bring them down.³“And though they hide on the ¹top of Carmel,From there I will ^asearch them out and take them;And though they ^bconceal themselves from My eyes on the floor of the sea,From there I will command the ^cserpent, and it will bite them.⁴“And though they go into ^acaptivity before their enemies,From there I will command the sword that it kill them,And I will ^bset My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”⁵Now Lord Yahweh of hosts,The One who ^atouches the land so that it melts,And ^ball those who inhabit it mourn,And all of it rises up like the NileAnd subsides like the Nile of Egypt;⁶The One who builds His ¹^,^aupper chambers in the heavensAnd has founded His vaulted dome over the earth;The One who ^bcalls for the waters of the seaAnd ^cpours them out on the face of the earth;^dYahweh is His name.⁷“Are you not as the sons of ^aEthiopia to Me,O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,And the ^bPhilistines from Caphtor and the ^cArameans from ^dKir?⁸“Behold, the ^aeyes of Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom,And I will ^bdestroy it from the face of the earth;Nevertheless, I will ^cnot totally destroy the house of Jacob,”Declares Yahweh.⁹“For behold, I am commanding,And I will ^ashake the house of Israel among all nationsAs grain is shaken in a sieve,But not a ¹kernel will fall to the ground.¹⁰“All the ^asinners of My people will die by the sword,Those who say, ‘^bThe calamity will not overtake or confront us.’

Yahweh Will Rebuild Israel

¹¹“In that day I will ^araise up the fallen ¹^,^bbooth of DavidAnd wall up its ^cbreaches;I will also raise up its ruinsAnd rebuild it as in the ^dancient days,¹²^aThat they may possess the remnant of ^bEdomAnd all the ¹nations who are ^ccalled by My name,”Declares Yahweh who does this.¹³“Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh,“When the ^aplowman will overtake the reaperAnd the treader of grapes him who sows seed;When the ^bmountains will drip ¹sweet ^cwineAnd all the hills will melt.¹⁴“Also I will ^arestore the ¹captivity of My people Israel,And they will ^brebuild the desolated cities and live in them;They will also ^cplant vineyards and drink their wineAnd make gardens and eat their fruit.¹⁵“I will also plant them on their land,And ^athey will not again be uprooted from their landWhich I have given them,”Says Yahweh your God.