Amos 9:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² They might dig down deep.
    But my powerful hand will take them out of there.
They might climb up to the heavens.
    But I will bring them down from there.
³ They might hide on top of Mount Carmel.
    But I will hunt them down
    and grab them.
They might hide from me at the bottom of the ocean.
    But even there I will command the serpent to bite them.
⁴ Their enemies might take them away
    as prisoners to another country.
But there I will command Israel’s enemies
    to cut them down with swords.
I will keep my eye on Israel to harm them.
    I will not help them.”