Amós 9:5-6

5 El Señor, DIOS de los ejércitos: el que toca la tierra, y ésta se derrite, y se lamentan todos los que en ella habitan, sube toda ella como el Nilo y mengua como el Nilo de Egipto;

6 el que edifica en los cielos sus altos aposentos, y sobre la tierra ha establecido su bóveda; el que llama a las aguas del mar y las derrama sobre la faz de la tierra: el SEÑOR es su nombre.

Amós 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.