Amos 9:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶He built his palace in the heavens
and let its foundations
rest on the earth.^[a]
He scoops up the ocean
and empties it on the earth.
His name is the Lord.

The Lord Is God

⁷Israel, I am the Lord God,
    and the Ethiopians^[b]
are no less important to me
    than you are.
I brought you out of Egypt,
    but I also brought
the Philistines from Crete^[c]
    and the Arameans from Kir.^[d]
⁸My eyes have seen
what a sinful nation you are,
    and I'll wipe you out.
But I will leave a few
of Jacob's descendants.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

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Footnotes

9.6 He built … earth: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
9.7 Ethiopians: The Hebrew text has “people of Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.
9.7 Crete: Hebrew “Caphtor.”
9.7 Philistines … Arameans from Kir: The Philistines were Israel's enemies to the west, and the Arameans were enemies to the northeast. For Kir, see the note at 1.5.