Amos 5:8
[Seek him] who made the Cluster and the Giant, and turneth, into morning, the shadow of death, and who, day into night, doth darken, Him who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out on the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ye who turn, into, wormwood, justice, and, righteousness—to the ground have let fall.
9Him who flasheth force on the strong,—and, force, on the fortress, alighteth!
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open.
Exodus 14:24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked down into the camp of the Egyptians, through the pillar of fire and cloud, and confused the camp of the Egyptians;
Job 9:9Who made the Bear, the Giant and the Cluster, and the chambers of the south;
Job 37:13Whether, as a rod, or for his earth, or in lovingkindness, he causeth it to come.
Job 38:31Canst thou bind the fetters of the Pleiades? Or, the bands of Orion, canst thou unloose?
Psalms 104:6With the resounding deep—as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters;
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 →