Amos 9:2-3 Though they dig into hell, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down:… Though they dig into hell, or though they undermine our kingdom with vaults and cellarage, their impious labour shall come to nothing but to their own utter shame. 1. Here is the negotiation of the wicked, that they dig: there wants no pains, there wants no secrecy. 2. Here is the object of their employment, and that is hell. 3. There is a twofold end implied, why they undertake such a business, either for their own refuge, or to undermine others. 4. Here is the defeating and frustrating of their work. To what toil iniquity puts men to. They dig and labour. To what secrecy, to what dread of conscience. They dig into hell. How unprofitable is the event. For when all is done, they are apprehended by the hand of God. (Bishop Hackett.) Parallel Verses KJV: Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: |
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