Text -- Amos 9:5 (NET)

9:5 The sovereign Lord who commands armies will do this. He touches the earth and it dissolves; all who live on it mourn. The whole earth rises like the River Nile, and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Amo 9:5

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.