Amos 9:5

The Lord God of power touches the earth and it melts, and all who live there mourn. The earth rises up like the Nile River in flood, and then falls again.

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And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

In Context

4Even if they are driven into exile by their enemies, I will order them put to death by the sword. I will watch them carefully—and for evil, not for good.

6The Lord builds his upper rooms in heaven, and places the foundations on the earth. He calls for the water of the seas, and pours it down as rain upon the earth—the Lord is his name!

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Cross References

Psalms 46:6Nations are in turmoil, kingdoms collapse. God raises his voice and the earth melts.

Psalms 144:5Part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains so that they give off smoke.

Isaiah 64:1If only you would rip the heavens apart and come down! The mountains would tremble in your presence!

Hosea 4:3As a result the land dries up, and everyone who lives there is wasting away, along with the wild animals and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea—they are all dying.

Micah 1:3Look! The Lord is coming, leaving his place and coming down, and is walking on the high places of the earth.

Nahum 1:5Mountains quake in his presence; hills melt away. The earth trembles before him—the whole world and everyone who lives there.

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:2-11

The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. ( b. c. 784.) 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of… Read the whole commentary →

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