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Amos
Chapter 09
1``I {Amos} saw my Lord/'Adonay standing by the altar.
And
He said, "Strike the capitals so that the thresholds quake,
and
make an end of the first of them all."
And, I will slay the last of them with the with the sword.
Not
one of them shall escape,
and
not one of them shall survive.
2``If
they burrow/dig into Sheol . . .
{often translated 'hell' but that is not a biblical word},
from
there My hand shall take them.
And
if they ascend to heaven . . .
from
there I will bring them down.
{Note: See this concept also in Romans 10:7. Sheol is one of the words for the underworld where today the unbelievers are kept until the Great White Throne Judgment. Before the cross there was the compartment called 'Abraham's bosom' or Paradise, but that is now empty. There is Hades where the unbelieving humans reside. And there is Tartarus where the fallen Angels of Genesis 6 reside. And there is the Abyss.}
3``If
they hide on the top of Carmel . . .
there
I will search them out and seize them.
And
if they conceal themselves
from
My sight at the bottom of the sea . . .
there
I will command the serpent to bite them.
4``And
if they go into captivity before their enemies . . .
there
I will command the sword to slay them.
I
will fix My eye on them for evil {divine discipline}
and
not for good.
5``It
is the Lord/'Adonay . . . Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts
at
Whose touch the earth trembles
and
all who dwell on it mourn,
and
all of it swells like the Nile,
and
subsides like the Nile of Egypt.
6``Who
built His chambers in heaven
and
founded His vault on the earth,
Who
summons the waters of the sea
And
pours them over the land -
Jehovah/God
is His name.
7``To
Me, O Israelites,
you
are just like the Ethiopians," said Jehovah/God.
True,
I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt,
but
also the Philistines from Caphtor . . .
and
also the Arameans from Kir.
8``Behold,
the Lord/'Adonay Jehovah/God
has
His eye
upon
the sinful kingdom.
I will wipe it off the face of the earth!
But I will not wholly wipe out the House Jacob," said Jehovah/God.
9``For
I will give the order and shake the House of Israel -
through
all the nations -
as
one shakes {corn/sand} in a sieve . . .
yet
not a grain/pebble shall fall upon the earth.
10``All
the sinners of My people shall perish by the sword
who
boast, 'Never shall the evil overtake us or come near us.'
11a``In
that day,
I
will set up again the "tabernacle of David".
[Note: Prophecy of Jesus. Jesus is the Tabernacle of David. See the note at I Corinthians 3:9 for the running joke God had with Satan.]
11b I will mend its breaches and set up its ruins anew.
I will build it firm as in the days of old.
12``
So that they shall possess the rest of Edom,
and
all the nations once attached to My Name -
declares
Jehovah/God Who will bring this to pass.
13``A
time is coming," said Jehovah/God,
"When
the plowman shall meet the reaper
and
the treader of grapes . . .
him
who hold the {bag of} seed . . .
when
the mountains shall drip wine . . .
and
all the hills shall wave {with grain}.
14``I will restore My people Israel.
They shall rebuild ruined cities and inhabit them.
They shall plant vineyards and drink their wine.
They shall till gardens and eat their fruits.
{Note: RBT says this verse is a quote of Joel 3:18.}
15``
And I will plant them upon their soil,
nevermore
to be uprooted
from
the soil I have given them,"
said
Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym /Godhead.
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