The Lord God of hosts,
He who touches the earth and it (A)melts,
(B)And all who dwell there mourn;
All of it shall swell like [a]the River,
And subside like the River of Egypt.
He who builds His (C)layers[b] in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who (D)calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
(E)The Lord is His name.

Are you not like the [c]people of Ethiopia to Me,
O children of Israel?” says the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The (F)Philistines from (G)Caphtor,[d]
And the Syrians from (H)Kir?

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:5 The Nile
  2. Amos 9:6 Or stairs
  3. Amos 9:7 Lit. sons of the Ethiopians
  4. Amos 9:7 Crete

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