Though they dig, &c. Note the Figure of speech Catabasis (Ap'. 6).
hell. Hebrew. Sheol. The grave. App-35. Compare Psalms 139:8, &c,
climb up. Compare Job 20:6; Jeremiah 51:53.Obadiah 1:4.
Related Commentaries of Amos 9:2
Amos 9:2
2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: