Amos 5:8
The Maker of the Pleiades and Orion, || And He who is turning death-shade to the morning—And He has made day [as] dark [as] night—Who is calling to the waters of the sea, || And pours them on the face of the earth, || YHWH [is] His Name;
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In Context
7You who are turning judgment to wormwood, || And have put down righteousness to the earth!”
9Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, || And the spoiled comes against a fortress.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all [the] fountains of the great deep have been broken up, and the network of the heavens has been opened,
Exodus 14:24and it comes to pass, in the morning watch, that YHWH looks to the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubles the camp of the Egyptians,
Job 9:9Making the Great Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, || And the inner chambers of the south.
Job 37:13Whether for a rod, or for His land, || Or for kindness—He causes it to come.
Job 38:31Do you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Or do you open the cords of Orion?
Psalms 104:6The abyss! You have covered it as with clothing, || Waters stand above hills.
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 →