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The one who made the Pleiades and Orion and who turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens day into night, the one who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name! The one who makes destruction flash upon the fierce, so that[a] destruction comes upon the fortification. 10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate and they abhor the one who speaks honestly.

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  1. Amos 5:9 Literally “and”

He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(A)
    who turns midnight into dawn(B)
    and darkens day into night,(C)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(D)
With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
    and brings the fortified city to ruin.(E)

10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(F)
    and detest the one who tells the truth.(G)

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