Amos 5:8-9

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The One who made the Pleiades and Orion,^(A)
who turns darkness^(a) into dawn^(B)
and darkens day into night,^(C)
who summons the waters of the sea^(D)
and pours them out over the face of the earth^(E)—
Yahweh is His name.^(F)

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He brings destruction^(b) on the strong,^(c)^(G)
and it falls on the stronghold.^(H)

Footnotes:

a. Amos 5:8: Or turns the shadow of death

b. Amos 5:9: Hb obscure

c. Amos 5:9: Or stronghold

Cross references:

A. Amos 5:8: Job 9:9; Job 38:31

B. Amos 5:8: Genesis 1:2-3; Job 38:12

C. Amos 5:8: Amos 8:9

D. Amos 5:8: Psalm 104:6-9; Jeremiah 10:13

E. Amos 5:8: Job 36:27-30

F. Amos 5:8: Amos 4:13; Amos 9:5-6

G. Amos 5:9: Isaiah 29:5

H. Amos 5:9: Micah 5:11