Amos 9:2

Though they dig down to Sheol, 1 thence shall Mine hand take them; 1 though they climb up to Shomayim, 1 thence will I bring them down; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Adonoi standing by the mizbe'ach; and He said: 1 Strike the pillar capitals, + 9:1 of the heathen shrine that the thresholds may shake; 1 and smash them upon the heads of all; 1 and I will slay the last of them with the cherev; 1 he that fleeth of them shall not get away, 1 and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 1

3And though they hide themselves in the summit of Carmel, 1 I will search and take them out thence; 1 and though they be hid 1 from My sight in the bottom of the yam, 1 thence will I command the nachash, 1 and he shall bite them; 1

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Cross References

Job 20:6Though his excellency mount up to Shomayim, 1 and his rosh reach unto the clouds; 1

Job 24:23Though it be given him to be in safety, and he be sustained, 1 yet His eynayim are upon their ways. 1

Psalms 139:7To where can I go from Thy Ruach? + 139:7 Hakodesh 1 Or to where shall I flee from Thy presence? 1

Isaiah 2:19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, 1 and into the caves of aphar, 1 for pachad (terror of) Hashem, 1 and for the hadar of His majesty, 1 when He ariseth to shake ha'aretz. 1

Jeremiah 49:16Thy fierceness hath deceived thee, 1 and the zadon (pride, malice) of thine lev, 1 O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, 1 that holdest the height of the hill; 1 though thou shouldest make thy ken (nest) as high as the nesher, 1 I will bring thee down from there, saith Hashem.

Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden, Gan Elohim; 1 every even yekarah (precious stone) was thy covering, 1 the ruby, topaz, and the diamond, 1 the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, 1 the sapphire, the turquoise, and the emerald, and zahav; 1 the workmanship of thy hand drums and of thy wind instruments 1 was prepared in thee 1 in the day that thou wast created. 1

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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