The Meaning of Amos 9:2 Explained

Amos 9:2

KJV: Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

YLT: If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

Darby: Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down;

ASV: Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Amos 9:2?

MEANING: What does Amos 9:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Amos 9:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Amos 9:2?

What is the context of Amos 9:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

What does Amos 9:2 Mean?

Study Notes

hell
Heb. "Sheol," .

Sheol is, in the O.T., the place to which the dead go.

(1) Often, therefore, it is spoken of as the equivalent of the grave, merely, where all human activities cease; the terminus toward which all human life moves (e.g. Genesis 42:38 grave Job 14:13 grave Psalms 88:3 grave

(2) To the man "under the sun," the natural man, who of necessity judges from appearances, sheol seems no more than the grave-- the end and total cessation, not only of the activities of life, but of life itself. Ecclesiastes 9:5 ; Ecclesiastes 9:10

(3) But Scripture reveals sheol as a place of sorrow 2 Samuel 22:6 ; Psalms 18:5 ; Psalms 116:3 ; in which the wicked are turned Psalms 9:17 and where they are fully conscious; Isaiah 14:9-17 ; Ezekiel 32:21 see, especially, Jonah 2:2 what the belly of the great fish was to Jonah that sheol is to those who are therein). The sheol of the O.T. and hades of the N.T. (See Scofield " Luke 16:23 ") are identical.

Context Summary

Amos 9:1-15 - The Day Of Restoration

The guilty will certainly be punished. If they enter the sacred place of worship, even that will not shelter them, Amos 9:1. Flight and concealment will be in vain. Let them climb ever so high, or burrow ever so deep; let them scale the loftiest hills, or dive into the deepest seas-the consequences of their sins will overtake them, Amos 9:2-3. How can sinners hope to escape from Him whose chambers are built in the heavens and whose voice governs the tides, Amos 9:6? The great desolations of the past prove the exactness and severity of His judgments, Amos 9:7-8. How remarkably Amos 9:9 has been fulfilled? Notwithstanding their scatterings, the Hebrew people have been preserved as a race.

The final paragraph, Amos 9:11-15, is very reassuring. It is a burst of noble anticipation, quoted by the Apostle James, Acts 15:14-17. The promises made to Abraham and David are yet to be fulfilled. The derision of their foes, of whom Edom was the ringleader, will be silenced. Through the parted curtain, we descry the golden age of the future. There is a divine plan working to its conclusion, and Israel shall yet come again to the land given to their fathers [source]

Chapter Summary: Amos 9

¹ The certainty of the desolation
¹¹ The restoring of the tabernacle of David

What do the individual words in Amos 9:2 mean?

Though they dig into hell from there my hand shall take them and Though they climb up to heaven I will bring them down

אִם־ יַחְתְּר֣וּ בִשְׁא֔וֹל מִשָּׁ֖ם יָדִ֣י תִקָּחֵ֑ם וְאִֽם־ יַעֲלוּ֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם אוֹרִידֵֽם

אִם־	Though
Parse: Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if.
יַחְתְּר֣וּ	they dig
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: חָתַר Sense: to dig, row.
בִשְׁא֔וֹל	into hell
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular Root: שְׁאֹול Sense: sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit.
מִשָּׁ֖ם	from there
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb Root: שָׁם Sense: there, thither.
יָדִ֣י	my hand
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: יָד Sense: hand.
תִקָּחֵ֑ם	shall take them
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine plural Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
וְאִֽם־	and Though
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if.
יַעֲלוּ֙	they climb up
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	to heaven
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: שָׁמַיִם Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
אוֹרִידֵֽם	I will bring them down
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.

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