Amos 8:9

“It will come in that day 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— 1 that I will make the sun set at noon, 1 and I will darken the earth at daylight. 1

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In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

In Context

8Will not the land quake for this, 1 and every one who lives in it mourn? 1 All of it will rise up like the Nile River, 1 and it will be tossed about and sink again, 1 like the river of Egypt. 1

10I will turn your festivals into mourning 1 and all your songs into lamentation. 1 I will make all of you wear sackcloth 1 and have baldness on every head. 1 I will make it like mourning for an only son, 1 and a bitter day to its end. 1

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Cross References

Job 5:14They encounter darkness in the daytime, 1 and grope at noonday as if it were night. 1

Isaiah 29:9Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! 1 Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with beer. 1

Jeremiah 13:16Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, 1 and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight. 1 For you are hoping for light, but he will turn the place into a deep darkness, into a dark cloud. 1

Amos 4:13For, look, he who forms the mountains 1 also creates the wind, 1 reveals his thoughts to mankind, 1 makes the morning darkness, 1 and treads on the high places of the earth. 1 Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.”

Micah 3:6Therefore, it will be night for you with no vision for you; 1 it will be dark so that you will do no divination. 1 The sun will go down on the prophets, 1 and the day will be dark on them. 1

Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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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