Amos 5:8
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—
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In Context
7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
9He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Exodus 14:24At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
Job 9:9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
Job 37:13Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
Job 38:31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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 →