Amos 8:3

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence.

And the songs {H7892} of the temple {H1964} shall be howlings {H3213} in that day {H3117}, saith {H5002} the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}: there shall be many {H7227} dead bodies {H6297} in every place {H4725}; they shall cast them forth {H7993} with silence {H2013}.

When that time comes, the songs in the temple will be wailings," says Adonai ELOHIM. "There will be many dead bodies; everywhere silence will reign."

“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”

And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.

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Cross-References

  • Amos 5:23 (6 votes)

    Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

  • Amos 6:9 (6 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

  • Amos 6:10 (6 votes)

    And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 9:21 (4 votes)

    For death is come up into our windows, [and] is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.

  • Jeremiah 9:22 (4 votes)

    Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather [them].

  • Leviticus 10:3 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

  • Amos 5:16 (3 votes)

    ¶ Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.