Amos 9:5

Amos 9:5

3 And though they ^ahide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there ^aI will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
^bI will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”

5 The Lord God of hosts,
He who touches the earth and it ^amelts,
^bAnd all who dwell there mourn;
All of it shall swell like¹ the River,
And subside like the River of Egypt.

6 He who builds His ^alayers in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who ^bcalls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
^cThe Lord is His name.

7 “Are you not like the¹ people of Ethiopia to Me,
O children of Israel?” says the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The ^aPhilistines from ^bCaphtor,
And the Syrians from ^cKir?

8 “Behold, ^athe eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I ^bwill destroy it from the face of the earth;
Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord.

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Barnes' Notes

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And who is He who should do this? God, at whose command are all creatures. This is the hope of His servants; from where Hezekiah begins his prayer, "Lord of hosts, God of Israel" Isaiah 37:16. This is the hopelessness of His enemies. "That toucheth the land" or "earth, and it shall melt," rather, "hath melted." His Will and its fulfillment are one. "He spake, and it was; He commanded and it stood fast" Psalms 33:9. His Will is first, as the cause of what is done; in time they co-exist. He hath no need to put forth His strength; a touch, the slightest indication of His Will, sufficeth. If the solid earth, how much more its inhabitants! So the Psalmist says, "The pagan raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted" Psalms 46:6. The hearts of men melt when they are afraid of His presence; human armies melt away, dispersed; the great globe itself shall dissolve into its ancient chaos at His Will.

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