Amos 9:5

The sovereign Lord who commands armies will do this. ¹  He touches the earth and it dissolves; ²  all who live on it mourn. The whole earth ³  rises like the River Nile, ⁴  and then grows calm ⁵  like the Nile in Egypt. ⁶ 

Ps 32:6; Ps 46:6; Ps 93:3,4; Ps 144:5; Isa 8:7,8; Isa 64:1; Jer 12:4; Ho 4:3; Am 8:8; Mic 1:3; Na 1:6; Hab 3:10; Mt 7:27; Re 20:11

¹ tn The words “will do this” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Or “melts.” The verb probably depicts earthquakes and landslides. See v. 5b.

³ tn Heb “all of it.”

⁴ tn Heb “the Nile.” The word “River” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Or “sinks back down.”

⁶ sn See Amos 8:8, which is very similar to this verse.