Amos 5:8

Seek Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, 1 and turneth tzalmavet into boker, 1 and maketh the yom into lailah; 1 that calleth for the waters of the yam, 1 and poureth them out upon the face of ha'aretz; 1 Hashem Shmo; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

In Context

7Ye who turn mishpat into wormwood, 1 and cast tzedakah to the ground. 1

9Who causeth shod (destruction) to flash upon the strong, 1 and shod upon the fortified city. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noachʼs life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of Shomayim were opened.

Exodus 14:24So it came to pass, that when came the watch of the boker, Hashem looked down on the machaneh Mitzrayim through the ammud eish (pillar of fire) and of the anan, and caused confusion over the machaneh Mitzrayim,

Job 9:9Which maketh the Bear, 1 Orion, and the Pleiades, 1 and the chambers of the constellations on the south side of the heavens; 1

Job 37:13He causeth it to happen, whether for correction, 1 or for His land, or for chesed. 1

Job 38:31Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, 1 or loose the bonds of Orion? 1

Psalms 104:6Thou coveredst it with the tehom (deep) as with a garment; 1 the mayim stood above the harim (mountains). 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 →

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