Verse 3

Amos 9:3

Bible in Basic English

3 Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִם יֵחָֽבְאוּ֙ בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ הַ/כַּרְמֶ֔ל מִ/שָּׁ֥ם אֲחַפֵּ֖שׂ וּ/לְקַחְתִּ֑י/ם וְ/אִם יִסָּ֨תְר֜וּ מִ/נֶּ֤גֶד עֵינַ/י֙ בְּ/קַרְקַ֣ע הַ/יָּ֔ם מִ/שָּׁ֛ם אֲצַוֶּ֥ה אֶת הַ/נָּחָ֖שׁ וּ/נְשָׁכָֽ/ם
English Translation
And if they are hidden on the top of Carmel, from there I will search for them; and if they are concealed from my eyes in the depths of the sea, from there I will command the serpent and it will bite them.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
1 I saw the Lord stationed by the side of the altar, giving blows to the tops of the pillars so that t... Focus ↗
2 Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to hea... Focus ↗
3 Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though th...
4 And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the... Focus ↗
5 For the Lord, the God (Elohim) of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and ever... Focus ↗
6 It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to th... Focus ↗
7 Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the Lord. Have I not... Focus ↗
8 See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but... Focus ↗
9 For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is m... Focus ↗
10 All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or com... Focus ↗
11 In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; an... Focus ↗
12 So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name,... Focus ↗
13 See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grai... Focus ↗
14 And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste... Focus ↗
15 And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land wh... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Amos
Chapter
Chapter 9 (15 verses)
Version
Bible in Basic English
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