Amos 9:2

Though 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

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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 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

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

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Cross References

Job 20:6Though his height reaches up to the heavens, 1 and his head reaches to the clouds, 1

Job 24:23God allows them to think they are secure, and they are happy about that, 1 but his eyes are on their ways. 1

Psalms 139:7Where can I go from your Spirit? 1 Where can I flee from your presence? 1

Isaiah 2:19Men will go into the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, 1 from the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. 1

Jeremiah 49:16As for your fearsomeness, your heart's pride has deceived you, inhabitants of places on the cliff, 1 you who have occupied the highest hills so that you may make your nest high like an eagle. 1 I will bring you down from there—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone covered you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made from gold. It was on the day you were created that they were prepared.

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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