Amos 8:10

New International Version

¹⁰I will turn your religious festivals^(A) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.^(B)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth^(C)
    and shave^(D) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son^(E)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.^(F)

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Amos 8:10

King James Version

¹⁰And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up 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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Zechariah 12:10

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Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a]^(A) of grace and supplication.^(B) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(C) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(D) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(E)

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Zechariah 12:10 Or the Spirit
Zechariah 12:10 Or to

Zechariah 12:10

King James Version

¹⁰And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

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Jeremiah 6:26

New International Version

²⁶Put on sackcloth,^(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;^(B)
mourn with bitter wailing^(C)
    as for an only son,^(D)
for suddenly the destroyer^(E)
    will come upon us.

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Jeremiah 6:26

King James Version

²⁶O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

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Ezekiel 7:18

New International Version

¹⁸They will put on sackcloth^(A)
and be clothed with terror.^(B)
Every face will be covered with shame,
and every head will be shaved.^(C)

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Ezekiel 7:18

King James Version

¹⁸They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

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Jeremiah 48:37

New International Version

³⁷Every head is shaved^(A)
and every beard^(B) cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.^(C)

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Jeremiah 48:37

King James Version

³⁷For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

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Hosea 2:11

New International Version

¹¹I will stop^(A) all her celebrations:^(B)
her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.^(C)

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Hosea 2:11

King James Version

¹¹I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

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Isaiah 15:2-3

New International Version

²Dibon^(A) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places^(B) to weep;
    Moab wails^(C) over Nebo^(D) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved^(E)
    and every beard cut off.^(F)
³In the streets they wear sackcloth;^(G)
    on the roofs^(H) and in the public squares^(I)
they all wail,^(J)
    prostrate with weeping.^(K)

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Isaiah 15:2-3

King James Version

²He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

³In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

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Job 20:23

New International Version

²³When he has filled his belly,^(A)
God will vent his burning anger^(B) against him
and rain down his blows on him.^(C)

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Job 20:23

King James Version

²³When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

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Luke 7:12-13

New International Version

¹²As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. ¹³When the Lord^(A) saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

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Luke 7:12-13

King James Version

¹²Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

¹³And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

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Nahum 1:10

New International Version

¹⁰They will be entangled among thorns^(A)
and drunk^(B) from their wine;
they will be consumed like dry stubble.^[a]^(C)

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Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

Nahum 1:10

King James Version

¹⁰For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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Amos 8:3

New International Version

³“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.^[a]^(A) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!^(B)”

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Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail

Amos 8:3

King James Version

³And 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.

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Amos 6:4-7

New International Version

⁴You lie on beds adorned with ivory
    and lounge on your couches.^(A)
You dine on choice lambs
    and fattened calves.^(B)
⁵You strum away on your harps^(C) like David
    and improvise on musical instruments.^(D)
⁶You drink wine^(E) by the bowlful
    and use the finest lotions,
    but you do not grieve^(F) over the ruin of Joseph.^(G)
⁷Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;^(H)
    your feasting and lounging will end.^(I)

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Amos 6:4-7

King James Version

⁴That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

⁵That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

⁶That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

⁷Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

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Amos 5:23

New International Version

²³Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.^(A)

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Amos 5:23

King James Version

²³Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

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