Amos 5:8
“seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,”
— Amos 5:8
About this verse
Amos 5:8 comes from the book of Amos, written during the Divided Kingdom (~930 BC) period. The setting is creation. The dominant emotion in this verse is worship, with a comfort power of 70% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the hymnic_praise genre of biblical literature. Key themes include creator power, cosmic sovereignty, divine majesty. Notable phrases: made the Pleiades and Orion; turns shadow of death into morning. This verse contains a command. This verse contains prophecy.
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Divided Kingdom (~930 BC)
Emotion
worship
Type
hymnic_praise
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