Amos 9:5 (LSB)

Passage

Now Lord Yahweh of hosts, The One who touches the land so that it melts, And all those who inhabit it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

Nearby Context

Amos 9:3 And though they hide on the top of Carmel, From there I will search them out and take them; And though they conceal themselves from My eyes on the floor of the sea, From there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.

Amos 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword that it kill them, And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”

Amos 9:5 Now Lord Yahweh of hosts, The One who touches the land so that it melts, And all those who inhabit it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

Amos 9:6 The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth; The One who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth; Yahweh is His name.

Amos 9:7 “Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh. “Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "yahweh", "hosts", "touches", "land", "melts", "inhabit", and "mourn". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And though they go into captivity before..." into verse 6's "The One who builds His upper chambers...", so "lord" and "yahweh" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.