Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: (Amos 5:8)
See on Ps. 23:4. The phrase “turneth the shadow of death into the morning” is employed as a striking contrast to the clause “ye who turn judgment to wormwood” (Amos 5:7).
Poureth them out.
This may refer to the Flood (see Gen. 7) and like catastrophes, or it may be a description of the marvel of divine providence whereby, through evaporation, moisture is drawn up from the sea, later to fall as rain.