Amo 9:5 | HCSB | STEP | The Lord , the God of Hosts – He touches the earth ; it melts , and all who dwell in it mourn ; all of it rises like the Nile and subsides like the Nile of Egypt .

Amos 9:5

5 The Lord, the God of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts –
He touches the earth; ^b
it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn;
all of it rises like the Nile
and subsides like the Nile of Egypt. ^c