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Amos 9:3 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Amos 9:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 9 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:”
Amos 9:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Amos 9:3
Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence (וְאִם־יֵחָבְאוּ בְּרֹאשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל מִשָּׁם אֲחַפֵּשׂ וּלְקַחְתִּים)—Mount Carmel, a densely forested mountain range, provided countless hiding places in caves and thickets. The verb chapes (חָפַשׂ, "search") describes thorough, determined seeking that will succeed. Though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them (וְאִם־יִסָּתְרוּ מִנֶּגֶד עֵינַי בְּקַרְקַע הַיָּם מִשָּׁם אֲצַוֶּה אֶת־הַנָּחָשׁ וּנְשָׁכָם)—even the sea's depths offer no ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 9:3
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“I will send for many fishermen”
“says Yahweh”
“Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan”
“nor thick gloom”
“and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;”
“And he said”