Amos 9

Amos 9:1

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword.

In my vision I saw the Lord, having left the temple, to stand upon the altar without: and he commanded his angel, saying, Smite thou the lintel of the door of the temple, so vehemently, that the posts thereof may shake: in signification of that main stroke, which I will give the rulers of Israel: for I will cut them in the head, or principal men, every one of them; and as for the posts, which are the inferiors, I will slay them with the sword of the Assyrian.

Amos 9:2

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them.

Neither shall they ever be able, by any power or policy, to escape my judgments: though they should dig into hell, there shall my hand find them.

Amos 9:3

Thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

There will I command my leviathan to swallow them up.

Amos 9:6

It is he that buildeth the stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, &c.

It is he, that hath built and preserved the several contignations of his orbs in the heavens; and hath made provision of those infinite armies of his creatures, to execute his revenges VOL. IV. F upon earth: it is he, that, by his command, lets loose the waters of the sea.

Amos 9:7

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Is there any reason in you, O ye children of Israel, why I should respect you more than the very Ethiopians? Why should I make any difference, betwixt you and very Philistines? If you say, I brought up Israel out of Egypt; so also did I bring the Philistines out of Caphtor; and the Syrians from Cyrene, where they were captived.

Amos 9:9

Yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

Yet shall not the least grain escape, unsifted, by falling to the earth, without agitation: every Israelite shall be tossed up and down, and dispersed in this captivity; no one shall be free.

Amos 9:11

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old.

In that day will I raise up my Evangelical Church, which is the tabernacle of the true and glorious Son of David, the Messiah of the World; even upon the ruins of the Jewish Church: which I will repair, and so make up the breaches thereof, as that, both Jews and Gentiles, shall make up one Church; which shall be made as spiritually complete, as ever the temple was materially of old:

Amos 9:12

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

That the bounds thereof may be extended over all the earth, even to the remotest heathen, which shall then be called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.

Amos 9:13

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

Behold, I will continue such plentiful increase of my blessings under the Gospel, that one shall overtake another, in a perpetual succession: as it is in a rich and fruitful soil, that the harvest is no sooner in, than the plough is put into the ground for another crop; and the vintage is no sooner done, than the seed is sown for a new harvest; thus shall it be with my Church, where one blessing endeth, another shall begin: then even the driest and barrenest hearts, shall yield excellent fruits of grace, in very great abundance.