‏ Amos 5:8-9


8 But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion;
he can turn the darkness into morning
and daylight
tn Heb “darkens the day into night.”
into night.
He summons the water of the seas
and pours it out on the earth’s surface.
The Lord is his name!

9 He flashes
tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew verb בָּלַג (balag, translated here “flashes”) is uncertain.
destruction down upon the strong
so that destruction overwhelms
tn Heb “comes upon.” Many prefer to repoint the verb as Hiphil and translate, “he brings destruction upon the fortified places.”
the fortified places.
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