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Amos 8:10

Judgment

8 Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.

9 And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

11 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

12 People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
KJV
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
WEB
I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.
ASV
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
DARBY
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
BLB
And I will turn your⁺ feasts to mourning, and all your⁺ songs to lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth over all loins, and baldness on every head, and I will set it like mourning for an only son, and its end like a day [most] bitter!
ÅB
Og jeg vil omskifte deres høytider til sorg og alle deres sanger til klage, jeg vil legge sekk om alle lender og la hvert hode bli skallet; jeg vil gjøre det så som når en sørger over sin eneste sønn, og la enden bli som en ulykkens dag.
OTB
Jeg vil gjøre deres festivaler til sorg
og all deres sang til klagesang.
Jeg vil få alle til å bære sekkestrie og barbere hodene sine.
Jeg vil gjøre det som sorg over en enebarn
og dens ende som en bitter dag.
B1930
Og jeg vil omskifte eders høitider til sorg og alle eders sanger til klage, jeg vil legge sekk om alle lender og la hvert hode bli skallet; jeg vil gjøre det så som når en sørger over sin eneste sønn, og la enden bli som en ulykkens dag.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 6:26

    O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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  • Zechariah 12:10

    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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  • Job 20:23

    When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

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  • Jeremiah 48:37

    For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

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  • Ezekiel 7:18

    They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

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  • Hosea 2:11

    I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.

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  • Luke 7:12–13

    As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

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  • Isaiah 15:2–3

    Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

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