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Amos 9

God's Judgment Unavoidable

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I saw the Lord standing beside the  aaltar, and He said, "Smite the capitals so that the  bthresholds will shake, And  cbreak them on the heads of them all! Then I will  dslay the rest of them with the sword; They will  enot have a fugitive who will flee, Or a refugee who will escape.

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"Though they dig into  aSheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they  bascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.

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"Though they hide on the summit of Carmel, I will  asearch them out and take them from there; And though they  bconceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, From there I will command the  cserpent and it will bite them.

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"And though they go into  acaptivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword that it slay them, And I will  bset My eyes against them for evil and not for good."

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The Lord  1GOD of hosts, The One who  atouches the land so that it melts, And  ball those who dwell in it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

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The One who builds His  1 aupper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who  bcalls for the waters of the sea And  cpours them out on the face of the earth,  dThe LORD is His name.

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"Are you not as the sons of  aEthiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD. "Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the  bPhilistines from Caphtor and the  cArameans from  dKir?

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"Behold, the  aeyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will  bdestroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will  cnot totally destroy the house of Jacob," Declares the LORD.

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"For behold, I am commanding, And I will  ashake the house of Israel among all nations As grain is shaken in a sieve, But not a  1kernel will fall to the ground.

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"All the  asinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, ` bThe calamity will not overtake or confront us.'

The Restoration of Israel

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"In that day I will  araise up the fallen  1 bbooth of David, And wall up its  cbreaches; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the  ddays of old;

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 aThat they may possess the remnant of  bEdom And all the  1nations who are  ccalled by My name," Declares the LORD who does this.

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"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "When the  aplowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the  bmountains will drip sweet  cwine And all the hills will be dissolved.

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"Also I will  arestore the  1captivity of My people Israel, And they will  brebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also  cplant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit.

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"I will also plant them on their land, And  athey will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them," Says the LORD your God.



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