“1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the
lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head,
all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that
fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall
not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand
take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them
down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will
search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in
the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall
bite them: 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies,
thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set
mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. 5 And the Lord GOD of
hosts [is] he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that
dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and
shall be drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt. 6 [It is] he that buildeth
his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he
that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the
face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name. 7 [Are] ye not as children of
the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I
brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from
Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD
[are] upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face
of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,
saith the LORD. 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of
Israel among all nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall
not the least grain fall upon the earth. 10 All the sinners of my people
shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor
prevent us.”
“11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is
fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his
ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 12 That they may
possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by
my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. 13 Behold, the days come, saith
the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of
grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine,
and all the hills shall melt. 14 And I will bring again the captivity of
my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit
[them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they
shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant
them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their
land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.” (Amos 9:1-15 AV)