Amos 9:5-6

5 The Lord GOD of hosts, The One who ¹touches the land so that it melts, And ²all those who dwell in it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

6 The One who builds His ³upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who ⁴calls for the waters of the sea And ⁵pours them out on the face of the earth, ⁶The LORD is His name.

Amos 9:5-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 9

This chapter contains the fifth and last vision the prophet saw; which represents the certain desolation of the land, city, and temple, and the slaughter of all sorts of persons, high and low, none should escape it, Am 9:1; be they where they would, they should be found out, whether in hell or heaven, on the tops of the highest mountains, or in the bottom of the sea, or in a foreign land, since the eyes of the Lord were upon them for evil, Am 9:2-4; nor could they hope to escape, when they considered his greatness and his power, and what he could do, and had done; and how they had behaved towards him, even though they were the people he had brought out of Egypt, Am 9:5-7; but though the sinful kingdom should be destroyed, yet not utterly, a remnant should be saved, Am 9:8-10; and the chapter is concluded with gracious promises of raising up the tabernacle of David fallen down, and of the return of the people of Israel to their own land; and of their settlement and continuance in it, never more to depart from it, Am 9:11-15.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 104:32; Psalms 144:5; Isaiah 64:1; Micah 1:4
• 2. Amos 8:8
• 3. Psalms 104:3, 13
• 4. Amos 5:8
• 5. Psalms 104:6
• 6. Amos 4:13

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
• [b]. Or "stairs"