Amo 9 | EngLXX | STEP | I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and he said, Strike the mercy-seat, and the porchshall be shaken: and cut through into the heads of all; and I will kill the remnant of them with the sword:no one of them fleeing shall escape, and no one of them, striving to save himself shall be delivered.

‏ Amos 9

1 I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and he said, Strike the mercy-seat, and the porchshall be shaken: and cut through into the heads of all; and I will kill the remnant of them with the sword:no one of them fleeing shall escape, and no one of them, striving to save himself shall be delivered. 2 Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though theygo up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3 If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I searchthem out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of thesea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them. 4 And if they should go into captivity before the face of their enemies, there will I commandthe sword, and it shall kill them: and I will set mine eyes against them for evil, and not for good. 5 And the Lord, the Lord God Almighty,is he that takes hold of the land, and causes it to shake, and all that inhabit it shall mourn;and its destruction shall go up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt. 6 It is he that builds his ascent up to the sky, and establishes his promise on the earth; whocalls the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth; the Lord Almighty is his name. 7 Are not you⌃ to me as the sons of the Ethiopians, O children of Israel? says the Lord.Did I not bring Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Cappadocia, and the Syriansout of the deep? 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it offfrom the face of the earth; only I will not utterly cut off the house of Jacob, says the Lord. 9 For Iwill give commandment, and sift the house of Israel among all the Gentiles, ascorn is sifted in a sieve, andyet a fragment shall not in any wise fall upon the earth. 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, Calamities shall certainlynot draw near, nor come upon us. 11 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will rebuildthe ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have been broken down, and will build it up asin the ancient days: 12 that the remnant of men, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, may earnestlyseekme, says the Lord who does all these things. 13 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when the harvest shall overtake the vintage, andthe grapes shall ripen at seed time; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shallbe planted. 14 And I will turn the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruinedcities, and shall inhabitthem; and they shall plant vineyards, and shall drink the wine from them; and they shall formgardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be plucked up from the landwhich I have given them, says the Lord God Almighty.