The one who made the Pleiades and Orion,(A)
who turns darkness[a] into dawn(B)
and darkens day into night,(C)
who summons the water of the sea(D)
and pours it out over the surface of the earth(E)
the Lord is his name.(F)
He brings destruction[b] on the strong,[c](G)
and it falls on the fortress.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:8 Or turns the shadow of death
  2. 5:9 Hb obscure
  3. 5:9 Or stronghold

27 So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.”(A) The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name.(B) He has spoken.

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The Lord, the God of Armies—
he touches the earth;(A)
it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn;
all of it rises like the Nile
and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.(B)
He builds his upper chambers
in the heavens(C)
and lays the foundation of his vault
on the earth.(D)
He summons the water of the sea
and pours it out over the surface of the earth.(E)
The Lord is his name.(F)

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