Holy Scripture
Amos 5:8
A church father on this verse
“When I think of the past tempest, and of the present calm, I cease not saying, "Blessed be God, who maketh all things, and changeth them; who hath brought light out of darkness; who leadeth to the gates of hell, and bringeth back; who chastiseth, but killeth not." And this I desire you too to repeat constantly, and ne…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8who makes all things, and changes them, and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
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6Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.
7It is he that executes judgment in the height above, and he has established justice on the earth:
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9who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
10They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.