Amos 8:7-14
World English Bible
7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob,
“Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Won’t the land tremble for this,
and everyone mourn who dwells in it?
Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River;
and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
9 It will happen in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh,
“that I will cause the sun to go down at noon,
and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
10 I will turn your feasts into mourning,
and all your songs into lamentation;
and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies,
and baldness on every head.
I will make it like the mourning for an only son,
and its end like a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh,
“that I will send a famine in the land,
not a famine of bread,
nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing Yahweh’s words.
12 They will wander from sea to sea,
and from the north even to the east;
they will run back and forth to seek Yahweh’s word,
and will not find it.
13 In that day the beautiful virgins
and the young men will faint for thirst.
14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria,
and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives;’
and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives;’
they will fall, and never rise up again.”
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.”
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