English Standard Version
Amos 8:10
10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
Amos 8:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning and your singing into weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads to show your sorrow— as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be!
Context of Amos 8:10
8Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who dwells in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?" 9"And on that day," declares the Lord God, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. 11"Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. 12They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.
Read all of Amos 8Amos 8:10 word by word
וְהָפַכְתִּ֨י חַגֵּיכֶ֜ם לְאֵ֗בֶל וְכָל־שִֽׁירֵיכֶם֙ לְקִינָ֔ה וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤י עַל־כָּל־מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ שָׂ֔ק וְעַל־כָּל־רֹ֖אשׁ קָרְחָ֑ה וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ כְּאֵ֣בֶל יָחִ֔יד וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ כְּי֥וֹם מָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will turnהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
- your feastsחַגchag châg · feastH2282
- into mourningאֵ֫בֶל'êbel · mourningH60
- and all your songsשִׁירshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
- into lamentationקִינָהqîynâh · dirgeH7015
- and I will bring upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
- sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
- upon all loinsמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975
- and baldnessקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
- upon every headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- and I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- of an onlyיָחִידyâchîyd · onlyH3173
- and the endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
- thereof as a bitterמַרmar mârâh · bitterH4751
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
Cross-references for Amos 8:10
- Amos 8:3The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day," declares the Lord God. "So many dead bodies!" "They are thrown everywhere!" "Silence!"
- Amos 5:23Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
- Amos 6:4"Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall,
- Deuteronomy 16:14You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns.
- 1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Then Absalom commanded his servants, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant."
- Job 20:23To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body.
- Isaiah 21:3Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
- Isaiah 22:12In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
- Daniel 5:4They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
- Hosea 2:11And I will put an end to all her mirth, her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed feasts.
- Nahum 1:10For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
- Isaiah 15:2He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;
- Jeremiah 48:37"For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
- Ezekiel 7:18They put on sackcloth, and horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
- Ezekiel 27:30and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;
Commentaries on Amos 8:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I will turn your feasts into mourning - See on Amos 8:3; (note). A bitter day - A time of grievous calamity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10I will turn your feasts into mourning - He recurs to the sentence which he had pronounced Amos 8:3, before he described the avarice and oppression which brought it down. Hosea too had foretold, “I will cause all her mirth to cease, her feast-days, etc” Hosea 2:11. So Jeremiah describes, “the joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning” Lamentations 5:15. The Book of Tobit bears witness how these sayings of Amos lived in the hearts of the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-10Verses 4-10 The rich and powerful of the land were the most guilty of oppression, as well as the foremost in idolatry. They were weary of the restraints of the sabbaths and the new moons, and wished them over, because no common work might be done therein. This is the character of many who are called Christians. The sabbath day and sabbath work are a burden to carnal hearts. It will either be profaned or be accounted a dull day. But can we spend our time…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-14This section provides more details on the accusations and decisions mentioned earlier (read with Amos 2:6–6:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. baldness--a sign of mourning (Is 15:2; Jr 48:37; Eze 7:18). I will make it as ... mourning of an only son--"it," that is, "the earth" (Am 8:9). I will reduce the land to such a state that there shall be the same occasion for mourning as when parents mourn for an only son (Jr 6:26; Zec 12:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Amos 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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