阿摩司書9:1-4

9:1 我看見主站在祭壇旁邊；他說：你要擊打柱頂，使門檻震動，打碎柱頂，落在眾人頭上；所剩下的人，我必用刀殺戮，無一人能逃避，無一人能逃脫。

9:2 他們雖然挖透陰間，我的手必取出他們來；雖然爬上天去，我必拿下他們來；

9:3 雖然藏在迦密山頂，我必搜尋，捉出他們來；雖然從我眼前藏在海底，我必命蛇咬他們；

9:4 雖被仇敵擄去，我必命刀劍殺戮他們；我必向他們定住眼目，降禍不降福。

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.

  “If they dig into Sheol,

from there shall my hand take them;

if they climb up to heaven,

from there I will bring them down.

  If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,

from there I will search them out and take them;

and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,

there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

  And if they go into captivity before their enemies,

there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;

and I will fix my eyes upon them

for evil and not for good.”

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    若是上帝要懲罰人，比人遇見災禍個可怕！因為災禍只能傷身體，上帝的懲罰卻是包括靈魂，尤其是使我們失落上帝的同在！那是最可怕的！