Amos 9:5

And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Lord	וַאדֹנָ֨י va.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · conjunction + proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִ֜ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
hosts	הַצְּבָא֗וֹת ha.tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
toucheth	הַנּוֹגֵ֤עַ ha.no.Ge.a'	H5060	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
land	בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ ba.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
melt	וַתָּמ֔וֹג va.ta.Mog	H4127	to melt · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
dwell	י֣וֹשְׁבֵי Yo.o.she.vei	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
mourn	וְאָבְל֖וּ ve.'a.ve.Lu	H56	to bewail · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
up	וְעָלְתָ֤ה ve.'al.Tah	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
flood	כַיְאֹר֙ khay.'Or	H2975	a channel · preposition with the article + proper noun, a place name
drowned	וְשָׁקְעָ֖ה ve.sha.ke.'Ah	H8257	to subside · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
flood	כִּיאֹ֥ר ki.'Or	H2975	a channel · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Egypt	מִצְרָֽיִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Amos 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast…
Psalms 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Isaiah 64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Micah 1:3-4 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for…
Psalms 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall n…
Psalms 93:3-4 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
Psalms 144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:1-10

We have here the justice of God passing sentence upon a provoking people; and observe, I. With what solemnity the sentence is passed. The prophet saw in vision the Lord standing upon the altar (Amo 9:1), the altar of burnt-offerings; for the Lord has a sacrifice, and multitudes must fall as victims to his justice. He is removed from the mercy-seat between the cherubim, and stands upon the altar, the judgment-seat, on which the fire of God used to fall, to devour the sacrifices. He stands upon the altar, to show that the ground of his controversy with this people was their profanation of his holy things; here he stands to avenge the quarrel of his altar, as also to signify that the sin of the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 9:5

As Amos had threatened that nowhere should the Israelites be safe from the divine judgments, he here shows God's omnipotent ability to execute His threats. So in the case of the threat in Amo 8:8, God is here stated to be the first cause of the mourning of "all that dwell" in the land, and of its rising "like a flood, and of its being "drowned, as by the flood of Egypt."

Adam Clarke on Amos 9:5

The Lord God of hosts is he - So powerful is he that a touch of his hand shall melt or dissolve the land, and cause all its inhabitants to mourn. Here is still a reference to the earthquake. See the note Amo 8:8, where the same images are used.

John Gill on Amos 9:5

And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt,.... Which is another reason why it is impossible to escape the hands of a sin revenging God, because he is omnipotent as well as omniscient; he is the Lord of all the armies above and below; and if he but touch the land, any particular country, as the land of Israel, it shakes and trembles, and falls into a flow of water, or melts like wax; as when he toucheth the hills and mountains they smoke, being like fuel to fire; see Psalm 104:32; and all that dwell therein shall mourn; their houses destroyed, their substance consumed, and all that is near and dear to them swallowed up: and it shall rise up wholly like a floo…

Dictionary and topics

Egypt · .Overflowed by the Nile River — .Overflowed by the Nile River
Nile, The River · Annual overflow of its banks alluded to — Annual overflow of its banks alluded to

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Amos 9:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 9:5

Adam Clarke on Amos 9:5

John Gill on Amos 9:5

Dictionary and topics

Amos 9:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 9:5

Adam Clarke on Amos 9:5

John Gill on Amos 9:5

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Amos 9:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Amos 9:5-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Amos 9:5-6

Rashi on Amos 9:5