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

He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,
the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.

Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades
or loosen the belt of Orion?

He is here:
the One who forms the mountains,
creates the wind,
and reveals His thoughts to man,
the One who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.
Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.

And in that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
I will make the sun go down at noon;
I will darken the land in the daytime.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.”

Then during the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the Egyptian forces from the pillar of fire and cloud, and threw them into confusion.

You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals stir.

He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy His commands?

We grope along a wall like the blind;
we grope like those without eyes.
We stumble at noon as though it were twilight;
we are like the dead among those who are healthy.

And turneth

He reveals mysteries from the darkness
and brings the deepest darkness into the light.

Have you ever in your life commanded the morning
or assigned the dawn its place,

Others sat in darkness and gloom—
prisoners in cruel chains—

The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned.

to shine on those who live in darkness
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

That calleth

He builds His upper chambers
in the heavens
and lays the foundation of His vault
on the earth.
He summons the waters of the sea
and pours them out on the face of the earth.
Yahweh 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 sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,

On the seventh time, he reported, “There’s a cloud as small as a man’s hand coming from the sea.”

Then Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Get your chariot ready and go down so the rain doesn’t stop you.’”

He causes this to happen for punishment,
for His land, or for His faithful love.

Can you command the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?

General references

Can you command the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?