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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  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

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)
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)

“Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites[c]?”(E)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines(F) from Caphtor[d](G)
    and the Arameans from Kir?(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
  4. Amos 9:7 That is, Crete