Amos 9:6 - Exposition

Stories ; ἀνάβασιν ; ascensionem (Vulgate); upper chambers, or the stages by which is the ascent to the highest heavens (comp. Deuteronomy 10:14 ; 1 Kings 8:27 ; Psalms 104:3 ). His troop ( aguddah ); vault . The word is used for "the bonds" of the yoke in Isaiah 58:6 ; for "the bunch" of hyssop in Exodus 12:22 . So the Vulgate here renders fasciculum suum, with the notion that the stories or chambers just mentioned are bound together to connect heaven and earth. But the clause means, God hath founded the vault or firmament of heaven upon (not in ) the earth, where his throne is placed, and whence he sends the rain. The Septuagint renders, τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν αὐτοῦ , "his promise." So the Syriac. The waters of the sea . The reference is to the Deluge ( Amos 5:8 ; Genesis 7:4 , Genesis 7:11 ).