Amos:9:1-10

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* I saw the Lord standing beside the altar ; and He said : Smite the capitals , that the posts may shake ; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them ; and I will slay the residue of them with the sword ; there shall not one of them flee away , and there shall not one of them escape . * Though they dig into the nether-world , thence shall My hand take them ; and though they climb up to heaven , thence will I bring them down . * 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 . * 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 . * For the Lord , the GOD of hosts , is He that toucheth the land and it melteth , and all that dwell therein mourn ; and it riseth up wholly like the River , and sinketh again , like the River of Egypt ; * It is He that buildeth His upper chambers in the heaven , 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 ; The LORD is His name . * Are ye not as the 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 Aram from Kir ? * Behold , the eyes of the Lord GOD are 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 . * For , lo , I will command , and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations , like as corn is sifted in a sieve , yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth . * All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword , that say : 'The evil shall not overtake nor confront us .'

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