Amos 9:7

"It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth—the LORD is his name."

Key Reflection

This verse depicts God as the Creator who exercises control over both heaven and earth. By establishing His dominion in the heavens and regulating natural phenomena like water, it underscores God's omnipotence and sovereignty over all creation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel! -Their boast and confidence was that they were children of the patriarch, to whom God made the promises. But they, not following the faith nor doing the deeds of Israel, who was a “prince with God,” or of Abraham, the father of the faithful, had, for “Bene Israel,” children of Israel, become as “Bene Cushiim, children of the Ethiopians,” descendants of Ham, furthest off from the knowledge and grace of God, the unchangeableness of whose color was an emblem of unchangeableness in evil. “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil”Jeremiah 13:23.

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