Amos 9:5

The Lord Yahweh of hosts 1 touches the land and it melts; 1 all who live in it mourn; 1 all of it will rise up like the River, 1 and sink again like the river of Egypt. 1

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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

4Though they go into captivity, driven by their enemies before them, 1 there will I give orders to the sword, and it will kill them. 1 I will keep my eyes on them for harm and not for good.” 1

6It is he who builds his steps in the heavens, 1 and has established his vault over the earth. 1 He calls for the waters of the sea, 1 and pours them out on the surface of the earth, 1 Yahweh is his name. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 46:6The nations raged and the kingdoms were shaken; 1 he lifted up his voice, and the earth melted. 1

Psalms 144:5Cause the sky to sink and come down, Yahweh; 1 touch the mountains and make them smoke. 1

Isaiah 64:1“Oh, if you had split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would have shaken at your presence, 1

Hosea 4:3So the land is drying up, 1 and everyone living in it is wasting away; 1 the beasts in the fields and the birds in the sky, 1 even the fish in the sea, are being taken away.

Micah 1:3Look, Yahweh comes out of his place; 1 he will come down and tread 1 on the high places of the earth. 1

Nahum 1:5The mountains shake in his presence, and the hills melt; 1 the earth collapses in his presence, indeed, the world and all people who live in it. 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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