Amos 9 - New International Version (NIV)

Israel to Be Destroyed

9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(A) of all the people;
those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
none will escape.(B)
2 Though they dig down to the depths below,(C)
from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,(D)
from there I will bring them down.(E)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(F)
there I will hunt them down and seize them.(G)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(H)
there I will command the serpent(I) to bite them.(J)
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
there I will command the sword(K) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
for harm(L) and not for good.(M)”(N)

5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,(O)
and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
then sinks like the river of Egypt;(P)
6 he builds his lofty palace[a](Q) in the heavens
and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(R)

7 “Are not you Israelites
the same to me as the Cushites[c]?”(S)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
the Philistines(T) from Caphtor[d](U)
and the Arameans from Kir?(V)

8 “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(W) it
from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(X)
9 “For I will give the command,
and I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations
as grain(Y) is shaken in a sieve,(Z)
and not a pebble will reach the ground.(AA)
10 All the sinners among my people
will die by the sword,(AB)
all those who say,
‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’(AC)

Israel’s Restoration

11 “In that day

“I will restore David’s(AD) fallen shelter(AE)—
I will repair its broken walls
and restore its ruins(AF)—
and will rebuild it as it used to be,(AG)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom(AH)
and all the nations that bear my name,[e](AI)”
declares the Lord, who will do these things.(AJ)

13 “The days are coming,”(AK) declares the Lord,

“when the reaper(AL) will be overtaken by the plowman(AM)
and the planter by the one treading(AN) grapes.
New wine(AO) will drip from the mountains
and flow from all the hills,(AP)
14 and I will bring(AQ) my people Israel back from exile.[f](AR)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(AS) and live in them.
They will plant vineyards(AT) and drink their wine;
they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(AU)
15 I will plant(AV) Israel in their own land,(AW)
never again to be uprooted(AX)
from the land I have given them,”(AY)

says the Lord your God.(AZ)

Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
  4. Amos 9:7 That is, Crete
  5. Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
  6. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

Cross references

  1. Amos 9:1 : Ps 68:21
  2. Amos 9:1 : Jer 11:11
  3. Amos 9:2 : S Job 7:9; S Eze 26:20
  4. Amos 9:2 : Jer 51:53
  5. Amos 9:2 : Ob 1:4
  6. Amos 9:3 : Am 1:2
  7. Amos 9:3 : Ps 139:8-10
  8. Amos 9:3 : Ps 68:22
  9. Amos 9:3 : Isa 27:1
  10. Amos 9:3 : S Ge 49:17; S Job 11:20; Jer 16:16-17
  11. Amos 9:4 : S Lev 26:33; S Eze 5:12
  12. Amos 9:4 : S Jer 21:10
  13. Amos 9:4 : Jer 39:16; S Eze 15:7
  14. Amos 9:4 : S Jer 44:11
  15. Amos 9:5 : S Ps 46:2
  16. Amos 9:5 : S Am 8:8
  17. Amos 9:6 : Jer 43:9
  18. Amos 9:6 : Ps 104:1-3, 5-6, 13; S Am 5:8
  19. Amos 9:7 : S 2Ch 12:3; Isa 20:4; 43:3
  20. Amos 9:7 : S Ge 10:14
  21. Amos 9:7 : S Dt 2:23
  22. Amos 9:7 : S 2Ki 16:9; S Isa 22:6; S Am 2:10
  23. Amos 9:8 : S Jer 4:27
  24. Amos 9:8 : S Jer 44:27
  25. Amos 9:9 : Lk 22:31
  26. Amos 9:9 : Isa 30:28
  27. Amos 9:9 : S Jer 31:36; S Da 9:7
  28. Amos 9:10 : Jer 49:37
  29. Amos 9:10 : Jer 5:12; S 23:17; S Eze 20:38; S Am 6:3
  30. Amos 9:11 : S Isa 7:2
  31. Amos 9:11 : S Ge 26:22
  32. Amos 9:11 : Ps 53:6; S Isa 49:8
  33. Amos 9:11 : Ps 80:12; S Eze 17:24; Mic 7:8, 11; Zec 12:7; 14:10
  34. Amos 9:12 : S Nu 24:18
  35. Amos 9:12 : Isa 43:7; Jer 25:29
  36. Amos 9:12 : Ac 15:16-17*
  37. Amos 9:13 : Jer 31:38; 33:14
  38. Amos 9:13 : S Ru 2:3
  39. Amos 9:13 : Lev 26:5
  40. Amos 9:13 : S Jdg 9:27
  41. Amos 9:13 : S Joel 2:24
  42. Amos 9:13 : S Joel 3:18
  43. Amos 9:14 : S Jer 29:14
  44. Amos 9:14 : S Jer 33:7
  45. Amos 9:14 : S Isa 32:18; S 49:8; S 61:4
  46. Amos 9:14 : S 2Ki 19:29
  47. Amos 9:14 : S Isa 62:9; S Jer 30:18; S 31:28; Eze 28:25-26; S 34:13-14; S Am 5:11
  48. Amos 9:15 : S Ex 15:17; S Isa 60:21
  49. Amos 9:15 : S Jer 23:8
  50. Amos 9:15 : S Joel 3:20
  51. Amos 9:15 : S Isa 65:9; S Jer 3:18; Ob 1:17
  52. Amos 9:15 : S Jer 18:9; S 24:6; S 32:15; S Eze 28:26; S 34:25-28; S 37:12, 25

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