Amos 9:1–4

God’s Judgment Unavoidable

1 I saw the Lord standing beside the aaltar, and He said,

“Smite the capitals so that the bthresholds will shake,

And cbreak them on the heads of them all!

Then I will dslay the rest of them with the sword;

They will enot have a fugitive who will flee,

Or a refugee who will escape.

2 “Though they dig into aSheol,

From there will My hand take them;

And though they bascend to heaven,

From there will I bring them down.

3 “Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,

I will asearch them out and take them from there;

And though they bconceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea,

From there I will command the cserpent and it will bite them.

4 “And though they go into acaptivity before their enemies,

From there I will command the sword that it slay them,

And I will bset My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”