The One who builds His (A)upper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,
He who (B)calls for the waters of the sea
And (C)pours them out on the face of the earth,
(D)The Lord is His name.

“Are you not as the sons of (E)Ethiopia to Me,
You sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the (F)Philistines from Caphtor and the (G)Arameans from (H)Kir?
Behold, the (I)eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will (J)eliminate it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will (K)not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord.

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he builds his lofty palace[a](A) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(B)

“Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites[c]?”(C)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines(D) from Caphtor[d](E)
    and the Arameans from Kir?(F)

“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(G) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
  4. Amos 9:7 That is, Crete