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Amos 8:10 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Amos 8:10 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 8 verse 10 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And 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.”
Amos 8:10 (KJV)
Commentary on Amos 8:10
God promises to transform celebrations into calamity: 'I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation.' The Hebrew intensifies the reversal: 'your feasts' (hageykem) become 'mourning' (le-evel), 'your songs' (shirekh em) become 'lamentation' (le-qinah). The imagery becomes visceral: 'sackcloth on all loins' (saq al-kol-motnayim) and 'baldness on every head' (qorhah al-kol-rosh)—ancient mourning practices indicating deepest grief. The comparison 'like mourning for an only son' evokes the most devastating personal loss imaginable (Jeremiah 6:26, Zechariah 12:10). The ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 8:10
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“gird you with sackcloth”
“and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem”
“and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces”
“and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings”
“God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.”
“behold”
“and to Dibon”
“her new moons”
“and shall cry bitterly”
“saying”