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Amos 5:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Amos 5:8

Verse 8 of 27

Scripture focus

[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:

Amos 5:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Amos 5:8

Theological / Devotional

Seek him that maketh. Literally, “he that maketh.”

The seven stars. Heb. kimah, generally considered to be the Pleiades (see on Job 38:31).

Orion. Heb. kesil (see on Job 9:9).

Shadow of death. See on Ps. 23:4. The phrase “turneth the shadow of death into the morning” is employed as a striking contrast to the clause “ye who turn judgment to wormwood” (Amos 5:7).

Poureth them out. This may refer to the Flood (see Gen. 7) and like catastrophes, or it may be a description of the marvel of divine providence whereby, through evaporation, moisture is drawn up from the sea, later to fall as rain.

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