Book 17 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - AMOS - Chapter 009
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I saw the L-rd standing beside the altar; and He said:
Smite the capitals, that the posts may shake; and break them in pieces on the
head of all of them; and I will slay the residue of them with the sword; there
shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape
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Though they dig into the nether-world, thence shall My hand
take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down
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And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I
will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from My sight in
the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite
them
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And though they go into captivity before their enemies,
thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set Mine
eyes upon them for evil, and not for good
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For the L-rd, the GOD of hosts, is He that toucheth the
land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein mourn; and it riseth up wholly
like the River, and sinketh again, like the River of Egypt
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It is He that buildeth His upper chambers in the heaven,
and hath founded His vault upon the earth; He that calleth for the waters of the
sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; HaShem is His name
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Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O
children of Israel? saith HaShem. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land
of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir
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Behold, the eyes of the L-rd GOD are upon the sinful
kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I
will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith HaShem
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For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of
Israel among all the nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not
the least grain fall upon the earth
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All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, that
say: 'The evil shall not overtake nor confront us.
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In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that
is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof, and I will raise up his ruins, and
I will build it as in the days of old
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That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the
nations, upon whom My name is called, saith HaShem that doeth this
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Behold, the days come, saith HaShem, that the plowman
shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and
the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt
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And I will turn the captivity of My people Israel, and
they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the
fruit of them
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And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no
more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith HaShem thy
G-d
Book 17 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - AMOS - Chapter 009
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