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Amos describes a series of escape attempts—digging into Sheol, climbing to heaven, hiding on Carmel, or in the sea—and says God’s judgment will still reach them. The passage emphasizes that flight will not prevent the LORD’s sentence. See Amos 9:1–4.
1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Strike the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
2Though they dig into Sheol, there shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down.
3Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
4Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them: and I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.