Sheol in the Book of Amos

[Jennifer Johnson]

“…….Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword; they will not have a fugitive who will flee, or a refugee who will escape. Though they dig into Sheol, from there shall My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, from there will I bring them down. And though they hide on the summit of Carmel, I will search them out and take them from there; and though they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, from there I will command the serpent and it will bite them.” Amos 9:1-3

This verse stood out to me. It seems to indicate that Sheol is an actual physical location. From this passage one could reason that 1.) You cannot dig into Sheol if it only means “gravedom.” 2.) The idea in this passage is that people would try to escape to physical locations (that are high or deep) where God would go and get them. It is not talking about Sheol as death because God is talking about alive people that He will go after to destroy.

 

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