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Text -- Amos 9:1-4 (NET)
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9:1 I saw the sovereign One standing by the altar and he said , “Strike the tops of the support pillars , so the thresholds shake ! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword . No one will be able to run away ; no one will be able to escape .
9:2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld , my hand would pull them up from there . Even if they could climb up to heaven , I would drag them down from there .
9:3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel , I would hunt them down and take them from there . Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea , from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.
9:4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity , from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will not let them out of my sight ; they will experience disaster , not prosperity .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Judgments |
Israel |
Sin |
Readings, Select |
AMOS (1) |
Wicked |
God |
Carmel |
OMNIPOTENCE |
Serpent |
BOTTOM |
CUT; CUTTING |
Suicide |
Vision |
Lintel |
Prophets |
DECEASE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND APOCYPHRA |
SHEOL |
NIGHT-MONSTER |
HEAD |
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NET Notes: Amo 9:2 Heb “into Sheol” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV), that is, the land of the dead localized in Hebrew thought in the earth’s core or the grave. C...
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NET Notes: Amo 9:3 If the article indicates a definite serpent, then the mythological Sea Serpent, symbolic of the world’s chaotic forces, is probably in view. See...
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