Amos 9:5

And Adonoi Hashem HaTzva'os 1 is He that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, 1 and all that dwell therein shall mourn; 1 and it shall rise up wholly like the Nile; 1 and sink like the Nile of Mitzrayim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

4And though they go into golus (exile) before their enemies, 1 thence will I command the cherev, and it shall slay them; 1 and I will set Mine eyes upon them 1 for rah, and not for tov. 1

6It is He that buildeth his ma'alot (stairs) in Shomayim, 1 and hath founded His aguddah (fitted together vault) over Eretz; 1 He that calleth for the waters of the yam, 1 and poureth them out upon the face of ha'aretz; 1 Hashem Shmo. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 46:6Elohim is in the midst of it; + 46:6 i.e., the Ir Elohim it shall not be moved; 1 Elohim shall help it at early boker. 1

Psalms 144:5Part Thy heavens, Hashem, and come down; 1 touch the harim, and they shall smoke. 1

Isaiah 64:1As eish burneth brushwood, 1 eish causeth the mayim to boil, 1 [O, that Thou wouldst come down] to make Thy Shem known to Thine adversaries, 1 that the Goyim might tremble at Thy presence! 1

Hosea 4:3Therefore shall ha'aretz mourn, 1 and every one that dwelleth therein shall waste away languishing, 1 with the wild beasts of the sadeh, and with the fowls of Shomayim; 1 yea, the dagim of the yam also shall disappear. 1

Micah 1:3For, hinei, Hashem cometh forth out of His dwelling place, 1 and will come down, and tread upon the high places of ha'aretz. 1

Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Hashem, 1 and the hills melt away, 1 and ha'aretz heaveth at His presence, 1 yea, tevel (the world), and all that dwell therein. 1

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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