“Yahweh!
God of hosts!
He touches the earth,
So that it melts.
All who live in it
Mourn.
All of it rises
Like the Nile.
It sinks again,
Like the Nile of Egypt.
He builds his upper chambers
In the heavens.
He founds his vault
Upon the earth.
He calls for the waters
Of the sea.
He pours them out
Upon the surface
Of the earth.
Yahweh is his name.”
Amos has this praise of Yahweh, the Creator, the God of the heavenly hosts. Yahweh merely touches the earth and it melts. Everyone who lives on the earth mourns. The earth itself rises and sinks like the Nile River in Egypt. Yahweh has his upper chambers in heaven. He has put a rounded vault over the earth. Thus, he calls the waters from the sea and then pours them out on the earth. He is none other than Yahweh. Yahweh is his name, the continuing creator of the world.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 