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Amos 5:8
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Amos addresses Israel immediately after accusing its leaders of perverting justice and casting righteousness to the ground.
The words — The Hebrew עֹשֵׂה ('oseh) denotes the active maker, while הֹפֵךְ (hofekh) describes the one who reverses or turns. כִימָה (kimah) names the Pleiades cluster, and צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmavet) specifies deep darkness.
The thread — This creator motif recurs in Amos 4:13 and Amos 9:6, where Yahweh forms mountains, summons sea waters, and alters light, and parallels Job 9:9’s description of Him as Maker of Orion and the Pleiades.
Why it lands — The text establishes that the sovereign who governs cosmic order holds the corrupt judicial system accountable, framing the subsequent call to seek good and hate evil in Amos 5:14-15.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Amos 4:13 For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
- Job 9:9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
- Amos 9:6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
- Psalms 104:20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- Amos 8:9 And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
- Job 38:31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
- Exodus 10:21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
- Job 12:22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
- Job 38:12 In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
- Psalms 104:6 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.