Amos 8:8

Because of this won’t the land quake, and all its inhabitants mourn? Won’t the whole of it rise like the Nile, churn and subside like the Nile in Egypt?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Now the Lord has taken an oath by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds!

9On that day, says the Lord God, I will make the sun set at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, mountains trembled to their foundations, and quaked because of his wrath.

Psalms 114:3The sea saw it, and fled, the Jordan river ran backwards.

Hosea 4:3Therefore the land mourns, all its inhabitants languish, the wild animals and the birds of the skies, even the fish of the sea are dying.

Matthew Henry on Amos 8:5-11

The Sin and Doom of Oppressors. ( b. c. 785.) 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget… Read the whole commentary →

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