Amos 9
1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations will shake. 1 Break them in pieces on all of their heads, 1 and I will kill the last of them with the sword. 1 Not one of them will get away, 1 not one of them will escape. 1
2Though they dig into Sheol, 1 there my hand will take them. 1 Though they climb up to heaven, 1 there I will bring them down. 1
3Though they hide on the top of Carmel, 1 there I will search and take them. 1 Though they are hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, 1 there will I give orders to the serpent, and it will bite them. 1
4Though they go into captivity, driven by their enemies before them, 1 there will I give orders to the sword, and it will kill them. 1 I will keep my eyes on them for harm and not for good.” 1
5The Lord Yahweh of hosts 1 touches the land and it melts; 1 all who live in it mourn; 1 all of it will rise up like the River, 1 and sink again like the river of Egypt. 1
6It is he who builds his steps in the heavens, 1 and has established his vault over the earth. 1 He calls for the waters of the sea, 1 and pours them out on the surface of the earth, 1 Yahweh is his name. 1
7“Are you not like the people of Cush to me, 1 people of Israel? 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1 Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt, 1 the Philistines from Crete, 1 and the Arameans from Kir? 1
8Look, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, 1 and I will destroy it from the face of the earth, 1 except that I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
9Look, I will give a command, 1 and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, 1 as one shakes grain in a sieve, 1 so that not the smallest stone will fall to the ground. 1
10All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, 1 those who say, 'Disaster will not overtake or meet us.' 1
11In that day I will raise up the tent of David that has fallen, 1 and close up its breaches. 1 I will raise up its ruins, 1 and rebuild it as in the days of old, 1
12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, 1 and all the nations that are called by my name 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration—he does this. 1
13Look, the days will come—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 when the plowman will overtake the reaper, 1 and the treader of grapes will overtake him who plants seed. 1 The mountains will drip sweet wine, 1 and all the hills will flow with it. 1
14I will bring back from captivity my people Israel. 1 They will build the ruined cities and inhabit them, 1 they will plant vineyards and drink their wine, 1 and they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 1
15I will plant them upon their land, 1 and they will never again be uprooted from the land 1 that I have given them,” 1 says Yahweh your God.