Amos 5:8
God made the Pleiades and Orion; 1 he turns darkness into the morning; 1 he makes the day dark with night 1 and calls for the waters of the sea; 1 he pours them out on the surface of the earth. 1 Yahweh is his name! 1
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7Those people turn justice into a bitter thing 1 and throw righteousness down to the ground!” 1
9He brings sudden destruction on the strong 1 so that destruction comes on the fortresses. 1
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 the same day, all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Exodus 14:24But in the early morning hours, Yahweh looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud. He caused panic among the Egyptians.
Job 9:9who makes the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, 1 and the constellations of the south. 1
Job 37:13He makes all of this happen; sometimes it happens for correction, sometimes for his land, 1 and sometimes as acts of covenant faithfulness. 1
Job 38:31Can you fasten chains on the Pleiades, 1 or undo the cords of Orion? 1
Psalms 104:6You covered the earth with water like a garment; 1 the water covered the 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 →