Amos 9:6

"For the Lord, the GOD of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the power of God to transform nations through judgment or restoration. Just as a river can flood and then recede, so too will God's actions on the earth be transformative, causing both destruction and renewal, depending on His sovereign will.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He that buildeth His stories -The word commonly means “steps,” nor is there any reason to alter it. We read of “the third heavens2 Corinthians 12:2, the heavens of heavensDeuteronomy 10:14;1 Kings 8:27;Psalms 148:4; that is, heavens to which this heaven is as earth. They are different ways of expressing the vast unseen space which God has created, divided, as we know, through the distance of the fixed stars, into countless portions, of which the lower, or further removed, are but as “steps” to the presence of the Great King, where, “above all heavens”Ephesians 4:10, Christ sitteth at the Right Hand of God.

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