Amos 9:6

It 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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In The King James Version

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

In Context

5The 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

7“Are you not like the people of Cush to me, 1 people of Israel? 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1 Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt, 1 the Philistines from Crete, 1 and the Arameans from Kir? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day, all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM THAT I AM.” God said, “You must say to the Israelites, 'I AM has sent me to you.'”

Psalms 104:5He laid the foundations of the earth, 1 and it will never be moved. 1

Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear me—this is Yahweh's declaration—or tremble before my face? 1 I have placed a border of sand against the sea, an ongoing decree that it does not violate— 1 even though the sea rises and falls, still it does not violate it. Even though its waves roar, they do not cross it. 1

Amos 5:8God made the Pleiades and Orion; 1 he turns darkness into the morning; 1 he makes the day dark with night 1 and calls for the waters of the sea; 1 he pours them out on the surface of the earth. 1 Yahweh is his name! 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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