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Amos 9:6-8
Contemporary English Version
Amos 9:6-8
Contemporary English Version
6 He 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
7 Israel, 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]
8 My 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!
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.
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