Verse 2

Amos 9:2

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

2 Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

Original Language Text

hebrew

אִם יַחְתְּר֣וּ בִ/שְׁא֔וֹל מִ/שָּׁ֖ם יָדִ֣/י תִקָּחֵ֑/ם וְ/אִֽם יַעֲלוּ֙ הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם מִ/שָּׁ֖ם אוֹרִידֵֽ/ם

English Translation

If they dig into Sheol, from there my hand will take them; and if they ascend to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook... Focus ↗

2 Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to h...

3 And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence : and thou... Focus ↗

4 And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kil... Focus ↗

5 And the Lord the God (Elohim) of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that... Focus ↗

6 He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth th... Focus ↗

7 Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not... Focus ↗

8 Behold the eyes of the Lord God (Elohim) are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the... Focus ↗

9 For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted... Focus ↗

10 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and sha... Focus ↗

11 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breache... Focus ↗

12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: sa... Focus ↗

13 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader... Focus ↗

14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the abandoned cities,... Focus ↗

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