2“Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.
3Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the sea serpent after them 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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