1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. 2 Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. 3 Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. 4 Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.” 5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt— 6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name. 7 “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir? 8 Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD. 9 “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground. 10 All the sinners among My people will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’” 11◆ “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12◆ that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this. 13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. 14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
Amos 9 Berean Standard Bible
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Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 68:21; Amos 3:14; John 1:18; Revelation 1:17; Isaiah 6:1
- 2 Jeremiah 51:53; Psalm 139:7–10; Obadiah 4; Luke 10:18; Ezekiel 28:13–16
- 3 Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 23:23–24; Job 34:22; Isaiah 27:1; Psalm 139:9–11
- 4 Leviticus 26:33; Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 44:11; Ezekiel 5:12; Leviticus 17:10
- 5 Amos 8:8; Psalm 46:6; Micah 1:3–4; Isaiah 64:1; Revelation 20:11
- 6 Amos 5:8; Psalm 104:3; Amos 4:13; Psalm 104:13; Jeremiah 5:22
- 7 Jeremiah 47:4; Deuteronomy 2:23; 2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; Jeremiah 13:23
- 8 Jeremiah 30:11; Amos 9:4; Jeremiah 44:27; Jeremiah 5:10; Proverbs 5:21
- 9 Luke 22:31; Deuteronomy 28:64; Leviticus 26:33; Isaiah 30:28
- 10 Amos 6:3; Isaiah 33:14; Matthew 13:49–50; Matthew 3:10–12; Amos 6:1
- 11 Acts 15:15–17; Jeremiah 33:14–16; Isaiah 16:5; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Psalm 80:12
- 12 Isaiah 43:7; Isaiah 65:1; Acts 15:17; Jeremiah 14:9; Isaiah 63:19
- 13 Joel 3:18; John 4:35; Leviticus 26:5; Isaiah 55:13; Isaiah 35:1–2
- 14 Isaiah 61:4; Jeremiah 30:3; Jeremiah 30:18; Ezekiel 28:26; Jeremiah 31:28
- 15 Jeremiah 24:6; Ezekiel 37:25; Isaiah 60:21; Ezekiel 34:28; Joel 3:20
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Why does my Bible say something different?
- Amos 9:12 and Acts 15:17: “the remnant of Edom” or “the rest of mankind”?
In the Hebrew text of Amos 9:12, restored Israel will “possess the remnant of Edom.” In the Septuagint, “the remnant of men” will “seek” the Lord. At the Council of Jerusalem St James quotes the Greek form to show that God intended Gentiles to belong to his people (Acts 15:16–17). The two readings differ by letters that look and sound alike in Hebrew.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… David, which is fallen down; and I will build the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, among whom my name has been invoked, saith the Lord, doing these things. Known from eternity is His work to God.
… thereof: and I will raise up his ruins, and will build them up again as in the days of old: that the residue of men may inquire for me, and all the nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord that doeth this." Chapter 29 — What Things are Predicted by Isaiah Concerning Christ and the Church The …
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There is a certain proud serpent in the sea, of which another passage of Scripture speaks, "I will command the serpent, and he shall bite him;" and again, "There is that Leviathan, whom Thou hast made to mock him," whose head He bruises above the water.
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