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Israel to be Destroyed

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar as he was saying,

“Strike the doorposts
    so that the thresholds tremble,
        bringing them down on the heads of all of them.
Those who survive I will kill with the sword.
    Those who flee will not escape.
        There will be no deliverance for the fugitives.

“Even if they burrow into Sheol,[a]
    from there my hand will find them.
Even if they ascend to the heavens,
    from there I will bring them down.
Even if they hide at the top of Mount[b] Carmel,
    from there I will search and seize them.
Even if they hide from my sight in the depths of the sea,
    from there I will order the serpent to strike them.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:2 I.e. the realm of the dead
  2. Amos 9:3 The Heb. lacks Mount