The Bible Study Podcast, episode 758.

Today, the Bible Study podcast concludes the study of the book of Amos.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast.

I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

We get to Amos 9, which is the last chapter in this book of the minor prophets.

And this one does not end with any better news than the first eight Israel to be destroyed.

Chapter 9, I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said, strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake,

bring them down on the heads of all the people. Those who are left, I will kill with the sword.

Not one will get away. None will escape. Though they dig down to the depths below, from there my hand

will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens above, from there I will bring

them down.

Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them.

Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpents to

bite them.

Though they are driven into exile by their enemies, there I will command the serpents to bite them. Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,

there I will command the sword to slay them. I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.

The Lord the God Almighty, he touches the earth and it melts, and all who live in it mourn. The whole

land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt.

He builds his lofty palace in the heavens and sets its foundation on the earth. He calls for

the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land. The Lord is his name.

Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Kushites declares the Lord?

Did I not bring Israel from Egypt, the Philistines from Khaftor, and the Arameans from Kyr?

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