[seek him] that maketh the Pleiades 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 (Jehovah is his name);
Amos 5:6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Amos 5:7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amos 5:8 [seek him] that maketh the Pleiades 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 (Jehovah is his name);
Amos 5:9 that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
Amos 5:10 They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
The verse centers on "seek", "maketh", "pleiades", "orion", "turneth", "shadow", "death", and "morning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seek" and "maketh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Ye who turn justice to wormwood and..." into verse 9's "that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong...", so "seek" and "maketh" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "seek" and "maketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.