Holy Scripture

Amos 5:9

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 8 onwards) You who turn judgment into wormwood and abandon righteousness on earth, who makes the Bear and Orion, who turns darkness into morning and darkens day into night. He who calls the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth: His name is the Lord. He who laughs at destruction, bringin…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Amos

Source: Septuagint

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9who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.

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7It is he that executes judgment in the height above, and he has established justice on the earth:

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:

— Amos 5:9 —

10They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.

11Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them.

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