Amos 5:8
The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day [as] night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah [is] His name;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
9Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,
Exodus 14:24and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians,
Job 9:9Making Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, And the inner chambers of the south.
Job 37:13Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness — He doth cause it to come.
Job 38:31Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
Psalms 104:6The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.
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 →