Amos 9:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ I'll send a sword to kill them,
wherever their enemies
    drag them off as captives.
I'm determined to hurt them,
    not to help them.”

⁵ When the Lord God All-Powerful
touches the earth, it melts,
    and its people mourn.
God makes the earth rise
and then fall,
    just like the Nile River.
⁶ He built his palace in the heavens
and let its foundations
    rest on the earth.^[a]
He scoops up the ocean
and empties it on the earth.
    His name is the Lord.