Amos 9:6-8

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⁶He built his upper rooms above the skies.
    He put his skies^[a] over the earth.
He calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out as rain on the land.
    Yahweh is his name.

The Lord Promises Destruction for Israel

⁷This is what the Lord says:

“Israel, you are like the Ethiopians to me.
    I brought Israel out of the land of Egypt,
    the Philistines from Caphtor,^[b]
    and the Arameans from Kir.^[c]”

⁸The Lord God is watching this sinful kingdom.
The Lord says,
“I will wipe Israel off the face of the earth,
but I will never completely destroy Jacob’s family.

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Footnotes

Amos 9:6 skies Literally, “dome” or “vault.”
Amos 9:7 Caphtor An island west of Israel, probably Crete or Cyprus.
Amos 9:7 Kir Where the Arameans came from and where the Assyrians sent them in exile. There are several places with this name.