Fifth Vision: The Lord beside the Altar
1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar,(A) and He said:
2 3 4
2 3 4
And if they are driven
by their enemies into captivity,(J)
from there I will command
the sword to kill them.(K)
I will fix My eyes on them
for harm and not for good.(L)
by their enemies into captivity,(J)
from there I will command
the sword to kill them.(K)
I will fix My eyes on them
for harm and not for good.(L)
Announcement of Judgment
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8
9
for I am about to give the command,
and I will shake the house of Israel(Y)
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
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and I will shake the house of Israel(Y)
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
Announcement of Restoration
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12
He will do this.
so that they may possess
the remnant of Edom(AF)
and all the nations
that are called by My name(c)(AG)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the remnant of Edom(AF)
and all the nations
that are called by My name(c)(AG)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
He will do this.
Footnotes:
a.
Amos 9:7: Probably Crete
b.
Amos 9:10: Or You will not let disaster come near
c.
Amos 9:12: LXX reads so that the remnant of man and all the nations . . . may seek [Me]; Ac 15:17
d.
Amos 9:14: Or restore My people Israel from captivity
Cross references:
E.
Amos 9:2:
Psalm 139:8
H.
Amos 9:3:
Jonah 2:2-6
I.
Amos 9:3:
Isaiah 27:1
Q.
Amos 9:6:
Psalm 104:6
U.
Amos 9:7:
Isaiah 22:6
AD.
Amos 9:11:
Isaiah 44:26
AH.
Amos 9:13:
Leviticus 26:5
AM.
Amos 9:15:
Jeremiah 24:6