Amos 8:10

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Amos 8:10

8Because of this will the land not quake, And everyone who lives in it mourn? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt. 9And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God, “That I will make the sun go down at noon, And make the earth dark in broad daylight. Then I will turn your festivals into mourning, And all your songs into songs of mourning; And I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist, And baldness on every head. And I will make it 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 for hearing the words of the Lord. 12People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will roam about to seek the word of the Lord, But they will not find it.

Amos 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

• turnהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• your festivalsחַגchag châg · feastH2282
• into mourningאֵ֫בֶל'êbel · mourningH60
• And allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• your songsשִׁירshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
• into songsקִינָהqîynâh · dirgeH7015
• And I will putעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• aroundעַל‛al · uponH5921
• waistמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975
• baldnessקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• And I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• for an onlyיָחִידyâchîyd · onlyH3173
• And the endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• of it will be like a bitterמַרmar mârâh · bitterH4751
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Amos 8:10

• Amos 8:3The songs of the palace will turn to wailing on that day,” declares the Lord God. “The corpses will be many; in every place they will throw them out. Hush!”
• Amos 5:23Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
• Amos 6:4Those who lie on beds of ivory, And lounge around on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the fattened cattle,
• Deuteronomy 16:14and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your towns.
• 1 Samuel 25:36Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was having a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was cheerful within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light.
• 2 Samuel 13:28Then Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “See now, when Amnon’s heart is cheerful with wine, and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then put him to death. Do not fear; have I not commanded you myself? Be courageous and be valiant.”
• Job 20:23When he fills his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him And rain it on him while he is eating.
• Isaiah 21:3For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
• Isaiah 22:12Therefore on that day the Lord God of armies called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
• Daniel 5:4They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
• Hosea 2:11I will also put an end to all her joy, Her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, And all her festivals.
• Nahum 1:10Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed Like stubble completely dried up.
• Isaiah 15:2The people have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.
• Jeremiah 48:37For every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and sackcloth around the waists.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces, and a bald patch on all their heads.
• Ezekiel 27:30And they will make their voice heard over you And cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads, They will 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

Topics related to Amos 8:10

• Baldness
• Music
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Baldness
• Hair
• Lamentation
• Beard
• Bitter; Bitterness
• Cut; Cutting
• Cuttings in the Flesh
• Head
• Loins

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