9:5a The Lord GOD of Hosts,

The Lord, Yahweh who commands the armies ⌊of heaven⌋ ,
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Yahweh, the Lord, is completely strong.

9:5b He who touches the earth and it melts,

he touches the earth and melts it,
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He melts the earth when he touches it,

9:5c and all its dwellers mourn—

and everybody living there mourns.
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and all ⌊people⌋ who live on the earth cry.

9:5d all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—

All the land rises ⌊and falls⌋ like the ⌊river⌋ Nile of Egypt.
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The whole world rises ⌊and goes down⌋ like the Nile ⌊river⌋ of Egypt ⌊when it floods⌋ .

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