Amos 5:8
who makes all things, and changes them, and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
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In Context
7It is he that executes judgment in the height above, and he has established justice on the earth:
9who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
Exodus 14:24And it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord looked forth on the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and troubled the camp of the Egyptians,
Job 9:9Who makes Pleiades, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south. 1
Job 37:13This has been appointed by him on the earth, 1 Whether for correction, or for his land, 1 Or if he shall find him an object for mercy. 1
Job 38:31And dost thou understand the band of Pleiades, 1 And hast thou opened the barrier of Orion? 1
Psalms 104:6Ye seed of Abraham, his servants, 1 Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 1
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 →