1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: “Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away; not one of them shall escape.
Amos 9 brings the book to a close with a final climactic vision of judgment and Israel’s destruction (Amos 9:1–10) followed by a closing oracle of restoration for the faithful remnant (Amos 9:11–15).
1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: “Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away; not one of them shall escape.