Amos 9:2 {1}
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I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.

Though.

dig.

Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.

Psalm 139:7-10 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? . . .

Isaiah 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

climb.

Job 20:6 If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:

Isaiah 14:13-16 And thou saidst in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in the sides of the north. . . .

Jeremiah 49:16 Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:53 If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 28:13-16 Thou wast in the pleasures of the paradise of God: every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, the topaz, and the jasper, the chrysolite, and the onyx, and the beryl, the sapphire, and the carbuncle, and the emerald: gold the work of thy beauty: and thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created. . . .

Obadiah 1:4 The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Luke 10:18 And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from heaven.

Context
The Destruction of Israel
1They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more. 2I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.3Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.…
Cross References
Job 34:22
There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity.

Psalm 139:8
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

Jeremiah 49:16
Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:53
If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 26:20
And when I shall bring thee down with those that descend into the pit to the everlasting people, and shall set thee in the lowest parts of the earth, as places desolate of old, with them that are brought down into the pit, that thou be not inhabited: and when I shall give glory in the land of the living,

Ezekiel 31:14
For which cause none of the trees by the waters shall exalt themselves for their height: nor shoot up their tops among the thick branches and leaves, neither shall any of them that are watered stand up in their height: for they are all delivered unto death to the lowest parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down into the pit.

Obadiah 1:4
The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Lexicon
Though
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they dig down
יַחְתְּר֣וּ (yaḥ·tə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2864: To force a, passage, as by burglary, with oars

to Sheol,
בִשְׁא֔וֹל (ḇiš·’ō·wl)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

from there
מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

My hand
יָדִ֣י (yā·ḏî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

will take them;
תִקָּחֵ֑ם (ṯiq·qā·ḥêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

and though
וְאִֽם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they climb up
יַעֲלוּ֙ (ya·‘ă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to heaven,
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky

from there
מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

I will pull them down.
אוֹרִידֵֽם׃ (’ō·w·rî·ḏêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend


Additional Translations
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.Though they dig into hell, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down:

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

Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

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;

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

Though they dig into the place of the dead, thence shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

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

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.
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