Amo 9:5 | KingComments | STEP | As before ( ) we have here a description of the omnipotence of God. Following on from the previous verse, it means that He, Who directs His eye toward them, is this omnipotent God. The power of the LORD is described to show that He is able to carry out what He has said. He is the God Who directs everything and submits everything to Himself, “the Lord GOD of hosts” ( ). He not only has the authority in and over Israel, but all the powers on the whole earth and in heaven fall under His authority. Perhaps Amos in his description of God’s omnipotence alludes to the judgment of the deluge. In any case, that thought is obvious when we read that He “calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth” ( ). “His upper chambers of heaven” are His heavenly chambers ( ), from where the water that is poured out over the earth comes ( ; ). Amos has already spoken of “the Nile” and “the Nile of Egypt” ( ).

‏ Amos 9:5

God in His Omnipotence

As before (Amos 4:13 ; Amos 5:8) we have here a description of the omnipotence of God. Following on from the previous verse, it means that He, Who directs His eye toward them, is this omnipotent God. The power of the LORD is described to show that He is able to carry out what He has said. He is the God Who directs everything and submits everything to Himself, “the Lord GOD of hosts” (Amos 9:5). He not only has the authority in and over Israel, but all the powers on the whole earth and in heaven fall under His authority.

Perhaps Amos in his description of God’s omnipotence alludes to the judgment of the deluge. In any case, that thought is obvious when we read that He “calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth” (Amos 9:6). “His upper chambers of heaven” are His heavenly chambers (Psa 104:13), from where the water that is poured out over the earth comes (Psa 104:3; Gen 7:11). Amos has already spoken of “the Nile” and “the Nile of Egypt” (Amos 8:8).