{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/amos/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:58:51.092Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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 it shall bite them."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"it is he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, 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; Jehovah is his name."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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 its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, 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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And I will bring back 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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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 Jehovah thy God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 9 (ASV)","markdown":"[Amos 9](https://primebible.com/asv/amos/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/amos/9 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}