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CSB/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md

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-Fifth Vision: 
-The Lord beside the Altar
-
 # Chapter 9
-1. I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:
+1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:
 Strike the capitals of the pillars
 so that the thresholds shake;
 knock them down on the heads of all the people.
 Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.
 None of those who flee will get away;
 none of the fugitives will escape.
-
-2. If they dig down to Sheol,
+2 If they dig down to Sheol,
 from there my hand will take them;
 if they climb up to heaven,
-from there 
-I will bring them down.
-
-
-3. If they hide
+from there I will bring them down.
+3 If they hide
 on the top of Carmel,
 from there I will track them down
 and seize them;
@@ -25,98 +18,67 @@ if they conceal themselves
 from my sight on the sea floor,
 from there I will command
 the sea serpent to bite them.
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-4. And if they are driven
+4 And if they are driven
 by their enemies into captivity,
 from there I will command
 the sword to kill them.
-
 I will keep my eye on them
 for harm and not for good.
-
-5. 
-
-The Lord, the God of Armies--
+5 The Lord, the God of Armies—
 he touches the earth;
 it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn;
 all of it rises like the Nile
 and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.
-
-6. He builds his upper chambers
+6 He builds his upper chambers
 in the heavens
 and lays the foundation of his vault
 on the earth.
-
 He summons the water of the sea
 and pours it out over the surface of the earth.
-
-
 The Lord is his name.
-
-Announcement of Judgment
-
-
-7. Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to me?
-This is the Lord's declaration.
-Didn't I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
+7 Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to me?
+This is the Lord’s declaration.
+Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
 the Philistines from Caphtor,
 and the Arameans from Kir?
-
-8. Look, the eyes of the Lord God
+8 Look, the eyes of the Lord God
 are on the sinful kingdom,
 and I will obliterate it
 from the face of the earth.
-
 However, I will not totally destroy
-the house of Jacob--
-this is the Lord's declaration--
-
-9. for I am about to give the command,
+the house of Jacob—
+this is the Lord’s declaration—
+9 for I am about to give the command,
 and I will shake the house of Israel
 among all the nations,
 as one shakes a sieve,
 but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
-
-10. All the sinners among my people
-who say, "Disaster will never overtake
-or confront us,"
+10 All the sinners among my people
+who say, “Disaster will never overtake
+or confront us,”
 will die by the sword.
-
-Announcement of Restoration
-
-
-11. In that day
+11 In that day
 I will restore the fallen shelter of David:
 I will repair its gaps,
 restore its ruins,
 and rebuild it as in the days of old,
-
-12. so that they may possess
+12 so that they may possess
 the remnant of Edom
 and all the nations
-that bear my name--
+that bear my name—
 this is the declaration of the Lord; he will do this.
-
-13. Look, the days are coming--
-this is the Lord's declaration--
+13 Look, the days are coming—
+this is the Lord’s declaration—
 when the plowman will overtake the reaper
 and the one who treads grapes,
 the sower of seed.
 The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
 and all the hills will flow with it.
-
-14. I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.
+14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.
 They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities,
 plant vineyards and drink their wine,
 make gardens and eat their produce.
-
-15. I will plant them on their land,
+15 I will plant them on their land,
 and they will never again be uprooted
 from the land I have given them.
-
-
-The Lord your God has spoken.
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-
-
-
+The Lord your God has spoken.