Shall not the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn, that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood, and it shall be cast out, and [a]drowned as by the flood of Egypt.

And in that day, saith the Lord God, I will even cause the [b]Sun to go down at noon: I will darken the earth in the clear day.

10 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 of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:8 That is, the inhabitants of the land shall be drowned, as Nile drowneth many when it overfloweth.
  2. Amos 8:9 In the midst of their prosperity, I will send great affliction.

“Will not the land tremble(A) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.(B)

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.(C)
10 I will turn your religious festivals(D) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.(E)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(F)
    and shave(G) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(H)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.(I)

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