Amos 9:3 (WEB)
Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.
Fathers and councils · 2
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.8Book II
“And again he says: “Even though they hide from my eyes, and descend into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.”” — editor's note: Amos ix. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
“There is a certain proud serpent in the sea, of which another passage of Scripture speaks, “I will command the serpent, and he shall bite him;” and again, “There is that Leviathan, whom Thou hast made to mock him,” whose head He bruises above the water.” — editor's note: Amos ix. 3.
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