Amos 5:8
He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the sixe hundreth yeere of Noahs life in the second moneth, the seuetenth day of the moneth, in the same day were all the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened,
Exodus 14:24Nowe in the morning watche, when the Lord looked vnto the hoste of the Egyptians, out of the firie and cloudie pillar, he strooke the host of the Egyptians with feare.
Job 9:9He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates of the South.
Job 37:13Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.
Job 38:31Canst thou restraine the sweete influences of the Pleiades? or loose the bandes of Orion?
Psalms 104:6Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters woulde stand aboue the mountaines.
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 →