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Amos 9:3-5
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3 Even if they hide at the top of Mount[a] Carmel,
    from there I will search and seize them.
Even if they hide from my sight in the depths of the sea,
    from there I will order the serpent to strike them.
4 Even if they go into exile among their enemies,
    from there I will order the sword to kill them.
I will fix my gaze on them to inflict disaster,
    and not to do good.[b]

5 “The Lord God of the Heavenly Armies
who is touching the earth so that it melts
    and all of its inhabitants mourn there—
        the land rises like the Nile[c] River,
        but sinks like the river of Egypt—

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  1. Amos 9:3 The Heb. lacks Mount
  2. Amos 9:4 Lit. them for evil and not for good.
  3. Amos 9:5 The Heb. lacks Nile
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