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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Amos 9 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/amos/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/amos/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Amos 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../amos/8.htm" title="Amos 8">◄</a> Amos 9 <a href="../obadiah/1.htm" title="Obadiah 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/amos/9.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Sinful Israelites Will Die by the Sword</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said, <p class="indent2">“Strike the capitals so that the thresholds will quake, <p class="indent2">And break them on the heads of them all! <p class="indent2">Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword; <p class="indent2">Not one of them who can flee will flee, <p class="indent2">And not one of them who can survive will escape. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Though they dig into Sheol, <p class="indent2">From there will My hand take them; <p class="indent2">And though they ascend to heaven, <p class="indent2">From there will I bring them down. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And though they hide on the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>top of Carmel, <p class="indent2">From there I will search them out and take them; <p class="indent2">And though they conceal themselves from My eyes on the floor of the sea, <p class="indent2">From there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And though they go into captivity before their enemies, <p class="indent2">From there I will command the sword that it kill them, <p class="indent2">And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now Lord Yahweh of hosts, <p class="indent2">The One who touches the land so that it melts, <p class="indent2">And all those who inhabit it mourn, <p class="indent2">And all of it rises up like the Nile <p class="indent2">And subsides like the Nile of Egypt; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The One who builds His <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>upper chambers in the heavens <p class="indent2">And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth; <p class="indent2">The One who calls for the waters of the sea <p class="indent2">And pours them out on the face of the earth; <p class="indent2">Yahweh is His name. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, <p class="indent2">O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh. <p class="indent2">“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, <p class="indent2">And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Behold, the eyes of Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, <p class="indent2">And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; <p class="indent2">Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,” <p class="indent2">Declares Yahweh. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“For behold, I am commanding, <p class="indent2">And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations <p class="indent2">As <i>grain</i> is shaken in a sieve, <p class="indent2">But not a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>kernel will fall to the ground. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, <p class="indent2">Those who say, ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’ <p class="hdg">Yahweh Will Rebuild Israel</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“In that day I will raise up the fallen <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>booth of David <p class="indent2">And wall up its breaches; <p class="indent2">I will also raise up its ruins <p class="indent2">And rebuild it as in the ancient days, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>That they may possess the remnant of Edom <p class="indent2">And all the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>nations who are called by My name,” <p class="indent2">Declares Yahweh who does this. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, <p class="indent2">“When the plowman will overtake the reaper <p class="indent2">And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; <p class="indent2">When the mountains will drip <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sweet wine <p class="indent2">And all the hills will melt. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Also I will restore the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>captivity of My people Israel, <p class="indent2">And they will rebuild the desolated cities and live <i>in them</i>; <p class="indent2">They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine <p class="indent2">And make gardens and eat their fruit. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I will also plant them on their land, <p class="indent2">And they will not again be uprooted from their land <p class="indent2">Which I have given them,” <p class="indent2">Says Yahweh your God.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>head</i>, cf. 9:1<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>stairs</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>pebble</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>shelter</i>, <i>tabernacle</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>Gentiles</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>freshly pressed out grape juice</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>fortunes</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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