Amos 9

King James Version · 15 verses · 512 cross-references linking it to 253 other chapters

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1I 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.61 cross-references: Psalms 68:21, Habakkuk 3:13, Amos 3:14, Isaiah 6:3–4, John 1:18
2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:31 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:53, Psalms 139:7–10, Obadiah 1:4, Luke 10:18, Ezekiel 28:13–16
3And 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:21 cross-references: Jeremiah 16:16, Jeremiah 23:23–24, Job 34:22, Isaiah 27:1, Amos 1:2
4And 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.25 cross-references: Leviticus 26:33, Jeremiah 44:11, Jeremiah 21:10, Leviticus 17:10, Ezekiel 5:12
5And the Lord God of hosts is 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 by the flood of Egypt.28 cross-references: Amos 8:8, Psalms 46:6, Revelation 20:11, Micah 1:3–4, Isaiah 64:1
6It is 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 is his name.21 cross-references: Amos 5:8, Psalms 104:3, Amos 4:13, Psalms 104:13, Jeremiah 5:22
7Are 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?23 cross-references: Jeremiah 47:4, 2 Kings 16:9, Deuteronomy 2:23, Amos 1:5, Jeremiah 9:25–26
8Behold, 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.42 cross-references: Jeremiah 30:11, Amos 9:4, Jeremiah 44:27, Jeremiah 5:10, Genesis 6:7
9For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.26 cross-references: Luke 22:31, Deuteronomy 28:64, Leviticus 26:33, Isaiah 30:28
10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.25 cross-references: Amos 6:3, Isaiah 33:14, Isaiah 56:12, Ezekiel 34:16–17, Isaiah 28:14–15
11In 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:78 cross-references: Acts 15:15–17, Jeremiah 33:14–16, Isaiah 16:5, Jeremiah 23:5–6, Psalms 80:12
12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.28 cross-references: Isaiah 43:7, Isaiah 65:1, Acts 15:17, Jeremiah 14:9, Numbers 24:17–18
13Behold, 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.28 cross-references: Joel 3:18, John 4:35, Isaiah 55:13, Leviticus 26:5, Isaiah 35:1–2
14And I will bring again the captivity of my people of 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.61 cross-references: Isaiah 61:4, Jeremiah 30:3, Jeremiah 30:18, Ezekiel 28:26, Jeremiah 31:28
15And 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.18 cross-references: Jeremiah 24:6, Ezekiel 37:25, Isaiah 60:21, Ezekiel 34:28, Joel 3:20

Explained connections

Rebuilding David's fallen tent Amos 9:11 and Acts 15:16
Amos foresees God raising up David's fallen booth so that the nations called by his name may seek him. At the Jerusalem council James cites it (largely in its Greek form) to show that Gentiles entering God's people without circumcision fulfils the prophets.

Chapters most linked to Amos 9

People in Amos 9

God, Jacob, David, Esau

Places in Amos 9

Egypt, Carmel, Kir, Caphtor, Edom

Archaeology

Medinet Habu Sea Peoples reliefs early 12th century BC