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The day of the Lord

Hush before the Lord God,
        for the day of the Lord is near!
        The Lord has established a sacrifice;
            he has made holy those he has summoned.

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Be silent(A) before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord(B) is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;(C)
    he has consecrated those he has invited.

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    On that day, the people will wail the temple songs,”
        says the Lord God;
    “there will be many corpses,
    thrown about everywhere.[a]
        Silence.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:3 Heb uncertain

“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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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail

20 But the Lord is in his holy temple.
Let all the earth be silent before him.

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20 The Lord is in his holy temple;(A)
    let all the earth be silent(B) before him.

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13 Be silent, everyone, in the Lord’s
        presence, because he has moved from his holy habitation!

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13 Be still(A) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(B)

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