Amos 5:8
Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,
9He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundreth year of the life of Noe in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were open:
Exodus 14:24And now the morning watch was come, and behold the Lord looking upon the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their host.
Job 9:9Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
Job 37:13Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.
Job 38:31Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?
Psalms 104:6The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16
God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the Lord , and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →