3Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
Amos 9 brings the book to a stunning conclusion. The chapter opens with a vision of the Lord standing by the altar, pronouncing irreversible judgment on Israel. No one can escape — not by climbing to heaven, hiding in Sheol, or diving to the ocean floor. The nation will be sifted
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