Amos 5:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Maketh

And turneth

Luke 1:79

That calleth

Job 38:34

General references

Job 38:34

Bible References

Maketh

who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;

"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion?

For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth-- the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!

"And on that day," declares the Lord GOD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt."

And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,

You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they did not rebel against his words.

We grope for the wall like the blind; we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men.

And turneth

He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,

the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned."

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

That calleth

who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth-- the LORD is his name.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

And at the seventh time he said, "Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"

Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.

"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you?

General references

"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you?