Amos 9:2

Though they hide themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

In Context

1I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and he said, Smite the mercy-seat, and the porch shall be shaken: and cut through into the heads of all; and I will slay the remnant of them with the sword: no one of them fleeing shall escape, and no one of them striving to save himself shall be delivered.

3If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

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Cross References

Job 20:6although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.

Job 24:23When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.

Psalms 139:7I said to the Lord, Thou art my God; hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication.

Isaiah 2:19having carried them into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and + 2:19 See ver 10.by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

Jeremiah 49:16If ye set your face toward Egypt, and go in there to dwell; then it shall be, that the sword which ye fear shall find you in the land of Egypt, and the famine to which ye have regard, shall overtake you, coming after you in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

Ezekiel 28:13Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:2-11

The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. ( b. c. 784.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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