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Rahlfs Septuagint

Amos 9

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I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the mercy seat, and the thresholds shall be shaken, and cut them off at the heads of all, and I will kill their remnant with a sword; not at all shall one fleeing from them escape, and not at all shall one being saved among them be rescued.
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If they hide themselves on the summit of Carmel, from there I will search them out and take them, and if they go down out of my sight into the depths of the sea, there I will command the dragon and he will bite them
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And if they go into captivity before the face of their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evils and not for good.
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And the Lord Lord God Almighty, the one touching the earth and shaking it, and all the ones dwelling in it shall mourn, and its destruction shall rise up like a river, and it shall go down like the river of Egypt.
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he who builds his ascent into heaven and lays his promise upon the earth, who calls the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of the earth, the Lord God the Almighty, is his name
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Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel? says the Lord. Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of the pit?
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In that day I will raise up the tent of David that has fallen, and I will rebuild its fallen things, and its ruined things I will raise up and rebuild it as in the days of old.
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Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the grape will ripen in the sowing, and the mountains shall drip sweetness, and all the hills shall be grown together with vines.
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And I will turn back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the ruined cities and dwell in them, and they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall plant gardens and eat their fruit.
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