(A)Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like [a]the River,
Heave and subside
(B)Like the River of Egypt.

“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
(C)“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in [b]broad daylight;
10 I will turn your feasts into (D)mourning,
(E)And all your songs into lamentation;
(F)I will bring sackcloth on every waist,
And baldness on every head;
I will make it like mourning for an only son,
And its end like a bitter day.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:8 The Nile; some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg., Syr., Vg. River (cf. 9:5); MT the light
  2. Amos 8:9 Lit. a day of light

“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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