Amos 8:7-14
New American Standard Bible
7 The Lord has (A)sworn by the (B)pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will (C)never forget any of their deeds.
8 Because of this will the land not (D)quake,
And everyone who lives in it (E)mourn?
Indeed, all of it will (F)rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
9 And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the (G)sun go down at noon,
And (H)make the earth dark in [a]broad daylight.
10 Then I will (I)turn your festivals into mourning,
And all your songs into songs of mourning;
And I will put (J)sackcloth around everyone’s waist,
And [b]baldness on every head.
And I will make it (K)like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
11 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
But rather (L)for hearing the words of the Lord.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will roam about to (M)seek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.
13 On that day the beautiful (N)virgins
And the young men will (O)faint from thirst.
14 As for those who swear by the [c](P)guilt of Samaria,
And say, ‘As your god lives, (Q)Dan,’
And, ‘As the way of (R)Beersheba lives,’
They will fall and (S)not rise again.”
Amos 8:7-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 The Lord has sworn(A) by the Pride of Jacob:[a](B)
I will never forget all their deeds.(C)
8 Because of this, won’t the land quake(D)
and all who dwell in it mourn?(E)
All of it will rise like the Nile;(F)
it will surge and then subside
like the Nile in Egypt.(G)
9 And in that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
I will make the sun go down at noon;(H)
I will darken the land in the daytime.(I)
10 I will turn your feasts into mourning(J)
and all your songs into lamentation;(K)
I will cause everyone[b] to wear sackcloth(L)
and every head to be shaved.(M)
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son(N)
and its outcome like a bitter day.
11 Hear this! The days are coming—
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
when I will send a famine through the land:
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.(O)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and roam from north to east,
seeking the word of the Lord,(P)
but they will not find it.
13 In that day the beautiful young women,(Q)
the young men also, will faint from thirst.(R)
14 Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria(S)
and say, “As your god lives, Dan,”(T)
or “As the way[c][d] of Beer-sheba lives”(U)—
they will fall, never to rise again.(V)
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