Threatenings against the Temple, 2 And against Israel. 11 The restoring of the Church.

I saw the Lord standing upon the [a]Altar, and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in pieces, even the [b]heads of them all, 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.

Though they dig into the hell, thence shall mine hand take them: though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

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 [c]serpent, and he shall bite them.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:1 Which was at Jerusalem: for he appeared not in the idolatrous places of Israel.
  2. Amos 9:1 Both the chief of them and also the common people.
  3. Amos 9:3 He showeth that God will declare himself enemy unto them in all places, and that his elements and all creatures shall be enemies to destroy them.

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