{"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/kjv/amos/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T06:53:08.564Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; 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 he 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":"And the Lord GOD of hosts <i>is</i> he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as <i>by</i> the flood of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"<i>It is</i> he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD <i>is</i> his name."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"<i>Are</i> ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. 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 GOD <i>are</i> 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 the LORD."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as <i>corn</i> is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent 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 his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 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 again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit <i>them</i>; 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 pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 9 (KJV)","markdown":"[Amos 9](https://primebible.com/kjv/amos/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/amos/9 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}