Amos 8:9-11

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⁹ The Lord God also said,
“At that time I will make the sun set at noon
    and make the land dark on a clear day.
¹⁰ I will change your festivals into days of crying for the dead.
    All your songs will be songs of sadness for those who are dead.
I will put mourning clothes on every body
    and baldness on every head.^[a]
I will cause mourning everywhere,
    like that for an only son who has died.
It will be a very bitter end.”

“Look, the days are coming
    when I will cause a famine in the land.
The people will not be hungry for bread.
    They will not be thirsty for water.
    No, they will be hungry for words from the Lord.