Amos 9
1I SAW the Lord standing on the altar, and He said, Smite the propitiatory and let the porches be shaken, and cut them down on the heads of them all; and those of them who are left I will slay with the sword. Such of them as flee shall not get away; and such of them as escape shall not be saved.
2Though they hide themselves in the mansion of the dead, thence My hand will drag them up. And though they climb up to heaven, thence I will bring them down.
3Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will there search them out and take them. And should they go down from My sight into the depths of the sea, I will there give orders to the dragon and he will bite them.
4And if they go into captivity before their enemies, I will there command the sword and it shall slay them. I will indeed keep Mine eyes fixed on them for evils and not for good—even I Who am the Lord,
5the Lord God Almighty Who toucheth the earth and shaketh it, and all its inhabitants shall mourn, and its destruction shall swell like a river, and flow down like the river of Egypt;
6Who buildeth His stairs up to heaven, and His tribunal on the foundations of the earth; Who calleth to Himself the water of the sea and poureth it out on the face of the earth, the Lord Almighty is His name.
7Are not you, O Israelites, the same to Me as the Ethiopians, saith the Lord. Did I not bring Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines out of Cappadocia and the Syrians from Bothras?
8Behold the eyes of the Lord God are against every kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it off from the face of the earth. But because I will not utterly destroy the house of Israel, saith the Lord,
9therefore I order, and I will scatter the house of Israel among all the nations, as if they were winnowed with a fan; and not a morsel of it shall fall on this land.
10By the sword all the sinners of My people shall die who say, These evils shall not come near nor fall upon us.
11In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David which hath fallen; I will rebuild those parts of it which have fallen to decay, and repair what have been demolished. I will indeed rebuild it as in the days of old,
12that the rest of mankind may seek [the Lord], even all the nations who are called by My name, saith the Lord Who doth all these things.
13Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, When the harvester shall overtake the grape-gatherer; and the grape shall begin to ripen at seeding time; and the mountains shall distil sweet wine; and all the hills shall be planted.
14And I will bring back the captivity of My people Israel; and they shall rebuild the wasted cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof, and make gardens and eat the fruits of them.
15I will indeed plant them in their own land; and they shall no more be rooted up from the land which I have given them, saith the Lord God Almighty.