Amos 9
The LORD's Judgments Inescapable |
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I saw the Lord standing upon the altar:
and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake:
and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of
them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and
he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
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Though 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 hid 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 though they go into captivity before
their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay
them: and I 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 toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and
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 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: The LORD is his
name.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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All the sinners of my people shall die by
the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent
us.
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The Future Restoration
of Israel |
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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:
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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. Acts 15.16-18
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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.
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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.
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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.
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