The Lord God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and (A)it melts,
    and all who dwell in it mourn,
(B)and all of it rises like the Nile,
    (C)and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
(D)who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
    and founds his vault upon the earth;
(E)who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
(F)the Lord is his name.

“Are you not like (G)the Cushites to me,
    O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
(H)“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
    and (I)the Philistines from (J)Caphtor and the Syrians from (K)Kir?

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