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The Destruction of Israel

I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,
    and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and those who are left I will kill with the sword;
    not one of them shall flee away,
    not one of them shall escape.

Though they dig into Sheol,
    from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
    from there I will bring them down.
Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
    from there I will search out and take them;
and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
    there I will command the sea-serpent, and it shall bite them.
And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,
    there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
and I will fix my eyes on them
    for harm and not for good.

The Lord, God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
    and all who live in it mourn,
and all of it rises like the Nile,
    and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
who builds his upper chambers in the heavens,
    and founds his vault upon the earth;
who calls for the waters of the sea,
    and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
the Lord is his name.

Are you not like the Ethiopians[c] to me,
    O people of Israel? says the Lord.
Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt,
    and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?
The eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
    and I will destroy it from the face of the earth
    —except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,
says the Lord.

For lo, I will command,
    and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
    but no pebble shall fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
    who say, “Evil shall not overtake or meet us.”

The Restoration of David’s Kingdom

11 On that day I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen,
and repair its[d] breaches,
    and raise up its[e] ruins,
    and rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 in order that they may possess the remnant of Edom
    and all the nations who are called by my name,
    says the Lord who does this.

13 The time is surely coming, says the Lord,
    when the one who plows shall overtake the one who reaps,
    and the treader of grapes the one who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will plant them upon their land,
    and they shall never again be plucked up
    out of the land that I have given them,
says the Lord your God.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:1 Or on
  2. Amos 9:1 Heb all of them
  3. Amos 9:7 Or Nubians; Heb Cushites
  4. Amos 9:11 Gk: Heb their
  5. Amos 9:11 Gk: Heb his

The Destruction of Israel

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said:

“Strike the [a]doorposts, that the thresholds may shake,
And (A)break them on the heads of them all.
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
(B)He who flees from them shall not get away,
And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.

“Though(C) they dig into [b]hell,
From there My hand shall take them;
(D)Though they climb up to heaven,
From there I will bring them down;
And though they (E)hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there (F)I will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
(G)I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”

The Lord God of hosts,
He who touches the earth and it (H)melts,
(I)And all who dwell there mourn;
All of it shall swell like [c]the River,
And subside like the River of Egypt.
He who builds His (J)layers[d] in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who (K)calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
(L)The Lord is His name.

Are you not like the [e]people of Ethiopia to Me,
O children of Israel?” says the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The (M)Philistines from (N)Caphtor,[f]
And the Syrians from (O)Kir?

“Behold, (P)the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I (Q)will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord.

“For surely I will command,
And will [g]sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
(R)Yet not the smallest [h]grain shall fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword,
(S)Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’

Israel Will Be Restored

11 “On(T) that day I will raise up
The [i]tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And [j]repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 (U)That they may possess the remnant of (V)Edom,[k]
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the Lord who does this thing.

13 “Behold, (W)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
(X)The mountains shall drip with sweet wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (Y)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(Z)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
15 I will plant them in their land,
(AA)And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:1 Capitals of the pillars
  2. Amos 9:2 Or Sheol
  3. Amos 9:5 The Nile
  4. Amos 9:6 Or stairs
  5. Amos 9:7 Lit. sons of the Ethiopians
  6. Amos 9:7 Crete
  7. Amos 9:9 shake
  8. Amos 9:9 Lit. pebble
  9. Amos 9:11 Lit. booth; a figure of a deposed dynasty
  10. Amos 9:11 Lit. wall up its breaches
  11. Amos 9:12 LXX mankind

Am văzut pe Domnul stând pe altar. Şi a zis: ‘Loveşte pragul de sus al porţii, ca să se cutremure uşorii, şi sfărâmă-i(A) peste capetele lor, ale tuturora. Rămăşiţa lor însă o voi pierde cu sabia, aşa că niciunul(B) din ei nu va putea să scape fugind şi niciunul din cei ce vor scăpa nu va scăpa. De ar pătrunde chiar până în Locuinţa morţilor(C) şi de acolo îi va smulge mâna Mea; de s-ar sui chiar în ceruri(D), şi de acolo îi voi pogorî. De s-ar ascunde chiar pe vârful Carmelului, şi acolo îi voi căuta şi-i voi lua; de s-ar ascunde de privirile Mele chiar în fundul mării, şi acolo(E) voi porunci şarpelui să-i muşte. De ar merge în robie chiar înaintea vrăjmaşilor lor, şi acolo voi porunci sabiei să-i piardă; voi pune astfel ochii(F) pe ei ca să le fac rău, nu bine. Domnul, Dumnezeul oştirilor, atinge pământul şi se topeşte(G) şi toţi locuitorii lui jelesc(H). Se înalţă ca râul Nil şi se pogoară ca râul Egiptului. El Şi-a zidit cămara(I) în ceruri, Şi-a întemeiat bolta deasupra pământului; cheamă apele(J) mării şi le varsă pe faţa pământului. Domnul(K) este Numele Lui! – Nu sunteţi voi oare pentru Mine ca şi copiii etiopienilor, copii ai lui Israel? zice Domnul. N-am scos Eu pe Israel din ţara Egiptului, ca şi pe filisteni(L) din Caftor(M) şi pe sirieni din Chir(N)? – Iată, Domnul Dumnezeu are ochii(O) pironiţi peste împărăţia aceasta vinovată, ca s-o nimicesc(P) de pe faţa pământului; totuşi nu voi nimici de tot casa lui Iacov, zice Domnul. Căci, iată, voi porunci şi voi vântura casa lui Israel între toate neamurile, cum se vântură cu ciurul, fără să cadă un singur bob la pământ! 10 Toţi păcătoşii poporului Meu vor muri de sabie, cei ce zic(Q): «Nu ne va ajunge nenorocirea şi nu va veni peste noi». 11 În vremea aceea(R) voi ridica din căderea lui cortul lui David, îi voi drege spărturile, îi voi ridica dărâmăturile şi-l voi zidi iarăşi cum era odinioară, 12 ca să stăpânească(S) rămăşiţa Edomului(T) şi toate neamurile peste care a fost chemat Numele Meu, zice Domnul, care va împlini aceste lucruri. 13 Iată, vin(U) zile, zice Domnul, când plugarul va ajunge pe secerător şi cel ce calcă strugurii, pe cel ce împrăştie sămânţa, când mustul va picura din(V) munţi şi va curge de pe toate dealurile. 14 Voi aduce înapoi(W) pe prinşii de război ai poporului Meu Israel; ei vor zidi iarăşi(X) cetăţile pustiite şi le vor locui, vor sădi vii şi le vor bea vinul, vor face grădini şi le vor mânca roadele. 15 Îi voi sădi în ţara lor şi nu vor mai fi smulşi(Y) din ţara pe care le-am dat-o, zice Domnul, Dumnezeul tău!’ ”