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Amos 5:8

Amos 5:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

maketh: Job 9:9, Job 38:31-32

and turneth: Job 12:22, Job 38:12-13; Psalms 107:10-14; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79

maketh: Amos 4:13, Amos 8:9; Exodus 10:21-23, Exodus 14:24-28; Psalms 104:20, Psalms 105:28; Isaiah 59:10

that calleth: Amos 9:6; Genesis 7:11-20; 1 Kings 18:44-45; Job 37:13, Job 38:34

The Lord: Amos 4:13

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