Verse 8
Amos 5:8
Geneva Bible
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He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּ/כְסִ֗יל וְ/הֹפֵ֤ךְ לַ/בֹּ֨קֶר֙ צַלְמָ֔וֶת וְ/י֖וֹם לַ֣יְלָה הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ הַ/קּוֹרֵ֣א לְ/מֵֽי הַ/יָּ֗ם וַֽ/יִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛/ם עַל פְּנֵ֥י הָ/אָ֖רֶץ יְהוָ֥ה שְׁמֽ/וֹ
English Translation
He who makes the morning dark and turns the light of day into darkness, who calls to the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is His name.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.
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2
The virgine Israel is fallen, and shall no more rise: shee is left vpon her lande, and there is none...
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3
For thus saith ye Lord God (Elohim), The citie which went out by a thousand, shall leaue an hundreth...
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4
For thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shall liue.
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5
But seeke not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and go not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall goe into ca...
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6
Seeke the Lord, and yee shall liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph and deuoure...
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7
They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.
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8
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9
He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shall come against the fortres...
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10
They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.
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11
Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue...
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12
For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take r...
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13
Therefore the prudent shall keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.
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14
Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lord God (Elohim) of hostes shalbe with you, as y...
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15
Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lord God...
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16
Therfore the Lord God (Elohim) of hosts, the Lord saith thus, Mourning shalbe in all streetes: and t...
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17
And in al the vines shalbe lamentation: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord.
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18
Woe vnto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what haue you to do with it? the day of the Lord is d...
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19
As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand o...
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20
Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?
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21
I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smelll in your solemne assemblies.
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22
Though ye offer me burnt offrings and meat offrings, I wil not accept them: neither will I regard th...
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23
Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)
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24
And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.
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25
Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel...
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26
But you haue borne Siccuth your King, and Chiun your images, and the starre of your gods, which ye m...
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27
Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name is the...
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