{"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/web/amos/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:21:38.895Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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, |Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill 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, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?| says Yahweh. |Haven't 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 Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,| says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"|For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, 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 who are called by my name,| says Yahweh who does this."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"|Behold, the days come,| says Yahweh, |that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,| says Yahweh your God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 9 (WEB)","markdown":"[Amos 9](https://primebible.com/web/amos/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/amos/9 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}