Amos 9:2

If they dig deep pits in the ground, or if they try to climb up to the sky in order to escape, I will reach out and grab them.

Translation for Translators

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

1Yahweh showed me another vision. In the vision, I saw him standing next to the altar. He said, “Shake the tops of the pillars of the temple, until they become loose and fall down, so that even the foundation will shake. Then cause the pieces of the temple to fall down on the people who are inside. I will kill with a sword anyone who tries to flee; no one will escape.

3If they go to the top of Carmel Mountain to escape, I will search for them and seize them. If they try to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the huge sea monster to bite them.

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Cross References

Job 20:6Even though their reputation/pride reaches up to the sky and their fame goes up as high as the clouds,

Job 24:23God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.

Psalms 139:7◄Where could I go to escape from your Spirit?/I could not go anywhere to escape from your Spirit.► [RHQ] ◄Where could I go to get away from you?/I could not go anywhere to get away from you.► [RHQ]

Isaiah 2:19When Yahweh comes to shake/terrify the people on the earth, they will run to hide in caves in rock cliffs and in holes/pits in the ground, because of being afraid of Yahweh and of his glorious and awesome power.

Jeremiah 49:16You have caused people of other nations to be terrified, and you [MTY] have been very proud, but you have deceived yourselves. You live in caves in the rock cliffs; you think that you are safe there because you live high up there. But even if you make your homes as high up as the eagles’ nests, I will cause you to come crashing down.

Ezekiel 28:13You had a wonderful life, as though you were in my beautiful garden in Eden. Your clothes were decorated with many [HYP] kinds of very valuable stones— ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, turquoise, and beryl stones. Those stones were set/placed in gold mountings. They were prepared for you on the day that you were born.

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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