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Amos 9:5

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KJV ORIGINAL

And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

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The Lord God who commands everything — when he touches the earth, it literally melts. Everyone living on it will be devastated and grieving. The whole land will surge up like a massive flood, then get completely swallowed up, just like what happens with Egypt's flooding.

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When God moves, the whole earth feels it — his power is that real and that intense.

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