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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Amos 9 Douay-Rheims 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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">DRB</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 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">Douay-Rheims Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Destruction of Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-1.htm"><b>1{8:14}</b></a></span>They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-2.htm"><b>2{1}</b></a></span>I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-3.htm"><b>3{2}</b></a></span>Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-4.htm"><b>4{3}</b></a></span>And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-5.htm"><b>5{4}</b></a></span>And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-6.htm"><b>6{5}</b></a></span>And the Lord the God of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up as a river, and shall run down as the river of Egypt.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-7.htm"><b>7{6}</b></a></span>He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-8.htm"><b>8{7}</b></a></span>Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-9.htm"><b>9{8}</b></a></span>Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-10.htm"><b>10{9}</b></a></span>For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.</p> <p class="hdg">The Restoration of Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-11.htm"><b>11{10}</b></a></span>All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-12.htm"><b>12{11}</b></a></span>In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-13.htm"><b>13{12}</b></a></span>That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-14.htm"><b>14{13}</b></a></span>Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/amos/9-15.htm"><b>15{14}</b></a></span>And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay Rheims Version - Bishop Challoner Revision<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../amos/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Amos 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Amos 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../obadiah/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Obadiah 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Obadiah 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>