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Amos 8:8

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the land: It is supposed that an earthquake is here intended; the rising and falling of the ground, with a wave-like motion, and its leaving its proper place and bounds, in consequence of an earthquake, being justly and beautifully compared to the swelling, overflowing, and subsiding of the Nile. Psalms 18:7, Psalms 60:2-3, Psalms 114:3-7; Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 24:19-20; Jeremiah 4:24-26; Micah 1:3-5; Nahum 1:5-6; Habakkuk 3:5-8; Haggai 2:6-7

every one: Amos 8:10, Amos 9:5; Jeremiah 12:4; Hosea 4:3, Hosea 10:5; Matthew 24:30

rise: Amos 9:5; Isaiah 8:7-8; Jeremiah 46:8; Daniel 9:26

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