The Lord [a]God of armies,
The One who (A)touches the land so that it quakes,
And (B)all those who live in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
The One who builds His (C)upper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,
He who (D)calls for the waters of the sea
And (E)pours them out on the face of the earth,
(F)The Lord is His name.

“Are you not as the sons of (G)Ethiopia to Me,
You sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the (H)Philistines from Caphtor and the (I)Arameans from (J)Kir?

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

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