Amos 9:1-3

New International Reader's Version

Israel Will Be Destroyed

9 I saw the Lord standing next to the altar in the temple. He said to me,

“Strike the tops of the temple pillars.
    Then the heavy stones at the base of the entrance will shake.
Bring everything down on the heads of everyone there.
    I will kill with my swords
    those who are left alive.
None of the Israelites will escape.
    None will get away.
²They might dig down deep.
    But my powerful hand will take them out of there.
They might climb up to the heavens.
    But I will bring them down from there.
³They might hide on top of Mount Carmel.
    But I will hunt them down
    and grab them.
They might hide from me at the bottom of the ocean.
    But even there I will command the serpent to bite them.