Amos 5:8
[But] he maketh the seven stars and Orion, and changeth into morning the shadow of death, and maketh the day dark into night; he it is that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out over the face of the earth: The Lord is his name;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ye who change justice into wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
9That causeth wasting to prevail against the strong, so that wasting shall come against the fortress.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this same day, were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Exodus 14:24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the Lord looked unto the camp of the Egyptians with the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and brought into confusion the camp of the Egyptians;
Job 9:9Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers the south;
Job 37:13Whether it be as a chastising rod—if this be destined for his earth—or for kindness, doth he cause it to come.
Job 38:31Canst thou bind together the chains of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion?
Psalms 104:6Thou hadst covered the deep as with a garment: above the mountains stood the waters.
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 →