Amos 8:3

The songs of the temple will become wailings in that day 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— 1 many dead bodies, they are thrown everywhere! 1 Silence!” 1

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And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

In Context

2He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me, 1 “The end has come for my people Israel; 1 I will spare them no longer. 1

4Listen to this, you who trample the needy 1 and remove the poor of the land.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh was talking about when he said, 1 'I will reveal my holiness to those who come near me. 1 I will be glorified before all the people.'” Aaron did not say anything.

Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of Yahweh went out and attacked the camp of the Assyrians, putting to death 185,000 soldiers. When the men arose early in the morning, dead bodies lay everywhere.

Jeremiah 22:18Therefore this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: 1 They will not lament for him, saying, 1 'Woe, my brother!' or 'Woe, my sister!' 1 They will not lament for him, saying, 1 'Woe, master!' or 'Woe, majesty!' 1

Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! 1 Wail, all you drinkers of wine, 1 because the sweet wine has been cut off from you. 1

Joel 1:13Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! 1 Wail, you servants of the altar. 1 Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you servants of my God. 1 For the grain offering and the drink offering have been withheld from the house of your God. 1

Amos 5:16Therefore, this is what Yahweh says, 1 the God of hosts, the Lord, 1 “Wailing will be in all the squares, 1 and they will say in all the streets, 1 'Woe! Woe!' 1 They will call the farmers to mourning 1 and the mourners to wail. 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 8:2-4

The Vision of Summer Fruit. ( b. c. 785.) 1 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God : there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. The great reason why sinners defer their… Read the whole commentary →

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