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Amos 9:5-7
Contemporary English Version
Amos 9:5-7
Contemporary English Version
His Name Is the Lord
5 When the Lord God All-Powerful
touches the earth, it melts,
and its people mourn.
God makes the earth rise
and then fall,
just like the Nile River.
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]
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.
Amos 9:5-7
New International Version
Amos 9:5-7
New International Version
5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,(A)
and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
then sinks like the river of Egypt;(B)
6 he builds his lofty palace[a](C) in the heavens
and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(D)
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