God’s Judgment Unavoidable
I saw the Lord standing beside the aaltar, and He said,“Strike the pillar capitals so that the bthresholds will shake,And cbreak them on the heads of them all!Then I will dput to death the rest of them with the sword;They will enot have a fugitive who will flee,Nor a survivor who will escape.Amos 3:14Zeph 2:14Ps 68:21; Hab 3:13Amos 7:17Jer 11:11
2 “Though they dig into aSheol,From there My hand will take them;And though they bascend to heaven,From there I will bring them down.Ps 139:8Jer 51:53; Obad 43 “And though they hide on the summit of Carmel,I will atrack them down and take them from there;And though they bhide themselves from My sight on the bottom of the sea,I will command the cserpent from there, and it will bite them.Jer 16:16Job 34:22; Ps 139:9, 10Is 27:14 “And though they go into acaptivity before their enemies,From there I will command the sword and it will kill them,And I will bset My eyes against them for harm and not for good.”Lev 26:33Lev 17:10; Jer 21:10; 39:16; 44:11
5 The Lord 1GOD of armies,The One who atouches the land so that it quakes,And ball those who live in it mourn,And all of it rises up like the NileAnd subsides like the Nile of Egypt;Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chPs 104:32; 144:5; Is 64:1; Mic 1:4Amos 8:86 The One who builds His aupper chambers in the heavensAnd has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,He who bcalls for the waters of the seaAnd cpours them out on the face of the earth,dThe LORD is His name.Ps 104:3, 13Amos 5:8Ps 104:6Amos 4:13
7 “Are you not as the sons of aEthiopia to Me,You sons of Israel?” declares the LORD.“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,And the bPhilistines from Caphtor and the cArameans from dKir?2 Chr 14:9, 12; Is 20:4; 43:3Deut 2:23; Jer 47:4Amos 1:52 Kin 16:9; Is 22:68 “Behold, the aeyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom,And I will beliminate it from the face of the earth;Nevertheless, I will cnot totally eliminate the house of Jacob,”Declares the LORD.Jer 44:27; Amos 9:4Amos 7:17; 9:10Jer 5:10; 30:11; 31:35, 36; Joel 2:32; Amos 3:12; Obad 179 “For behold, I am commanding,And I will ashake the house of Israel among all nationsAs grain is shaken in a sieve,But not a pebble will fall to the ground.Is 30:28; Luke 22:3110 “All the asinners of My people will die by the sword,Those who say, ‘bThe catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’Is 33:14; Zech 13:8Amos 6:3
The Restoration of Israel
11 “On that day I will araise up the fallen 1bshelter of David,And wall up its cgaps;I will also raise up its ruinsAnd rebuild it as in the ddays of old;Heb sukkah; i.e., hut or dwellingActs 15:16-18Is 16:5Ps 80:12Is 63:11; Jer 46:2612 aSo that they may 1possess the remnant of bEdomAnd all the 2nations who are ccalled by My name,”Declares the LORD who does this.Or take possession ofOr GentilesObad 19Num 24:18; Is 11:14Is 43:7
13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD,“When the aplowman will overtake the reaper,And the one who treads grapes will overtake him who sows the seed;When the bmountains will drip grape juice,And all the hills will come apart.Lev 26:5Joel 3:1814 “I will also arestore the fortunes of My people Israel,And they will brebuild the desolated cities and live in them;They will also cplant vineyards and drink their wine,And make gardens and eat their fruit.Ps 53:6; Is 60:4; Jer 30:3, 18Is 61:4; 65:21Jer 24:6; 31:2815 “I will also plant them on their land,And athey will not be uprooted again from their landWhich I have given them,”Says the LORD your God.Is 60:21; Ezek 34:28; 37:25