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Amos 9:6-8

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6he builds his lofty palace The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. in the heavens and sets its foundation The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. on the earth; he calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name.

7“Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Cushites That is, people from the upper Nile region ?” declares the LORD . “Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor That is, Crete and the Arameans from Kir?

8“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign LORD are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not totally destroy the descendants of Jacob,” declares the LORD .