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9:1 The judging of God

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9 I _saw DOM my_master/master standing on the_altar and_he/it _said strike the_capitals and_shake the_thresholds and_shatter_them in/on/at/with_heads all_them and_rest_them in/on/at/with_sword I _will _kill not he _will _flee to/for_them [one _who]_flees and_not he _will _escape to/for_them an _escapee.
2 If they _will _dig in/on/at/with_sheol from_there hand_my take_them and_if they _will _go _up the_heavens from_there bring _down_them.
3 And_if they _will _hide _themselves in/on/at/with_top the_Carmel from_there I _will _search _for _[them] and_take_them and_if they _will _hide _themselves from_before sight_my in/on/at/with_bottom the_sea from_there I _will _command DOM the_snake and_bite_them.
4 And_if they _will _go in/on/at/with_captivity to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before enemies_their[fn] from_there I _will _command DOM the_drought//sword/knife and_kill_them and_fix eyes_my on_them for_harm and_not for_good.
5 And_master Yahweh the_hosts the_touches on _the_earth and_melts and_mourn all [the]_inhabitants in/on/at/with_it and_rises like _the_Nile all_it and_sinks like_Nile of _Miʦərayim/(Egypt)[fn][fn][fn] 6 the_builds in_the _heavens upper _chambers_his[fn] and_foundation _of _vault_his on [the]_earth lays_her the_calls for_waters the_sea and_pours _out_them on the _surface the_earth/land [is]_Yahweh his/its_name.
7 Am_not like_sons of _[the]_Kūshiytes [are]_you _all to_me Oh _people of _Yisərā^ʼēl/(Israel) the _utterance of _Yahweh am_not DOM Yisərā^ʼēl/(Israel) did _I _bring _up from_land of _Miʦərayim and_Philistines from_Caphtor and_Rāmeans from_Kir.
8 Here the _eyes my_master/master Yahweh in/on/at/with_kingdom the_sinful and_destroy DOM_her/it from_under the _surface the_soil nevertheless DOM not totally _[destroy] I _will _destroy DOM the _house of _Yaˊaqov/(Jacob) the _utterance of _Yahweh.
9 DOM here I [am]_about _to _command and_shake in/on/at/with_all the_nations DOM the _house of _Yisərā^ʼēl/(Israel) just_as it _is _shaken in/on/at/with_sieve and_not it _will _fall a _pebble [the]_ground.
10 In/on/at/with_sword they _will _die all the _sinners people_my the_say not it _will _bring _near and_confront to_us the_disaster.

9:4 Note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

9:5 Note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

9:5 Note: Marks an anomalous form.

9:5 Note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

9:6 Variant note: מעלות/ו: (x-qere) ’מַעֲלוֹתָ֔י/ו’: lemma_4609 b n_1.1 morph_HNcfpc/Sp3ms id_30mM8 מַעֲלוֹתָ֔י/ו

OET by section AMOS 9:1

The judging of God

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