Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!” New Living Translation In that day the singing in the temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!” English Standard Version The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” declares the Lord GOD. “So many dead bodies!” “They are thrown everywhere!” “Silence!” Berean Standard Bible “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!” King James Bible 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. New King James Version And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day,” Says the Lord GOD— “Many dead bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence.” New American Standard Bible The 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!” NASB 1995 “The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day,” declares the Lord GOD. “Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence.” NASB 1977 “The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day,” declares the Lord GOD. “Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence.” Legacy Standard Bible And they will wail with the songs of the palace in that day,” declares Lord Yahweh. “Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence.” Amplified Bible In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the Lord GOD. “There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.” Christian Standard Bible In that day the temple songs will become wailing” —this is the Lord GOD’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible In that day the temple songs will become wailing"—this is the Lord GOD’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!” American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the praises of the temple shall fall in that day; in that day, says The Lord of Lords, corpses shall abound in every place and they shall be cast to destruction Brenton Septuagint Translation And the ceilings of the temple shall howl in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many a fallen one in every place; I will bring silence upon them. Contemporary English Version Instead of singing in the temple, they will cry and weep. Dead bodies will be everywhere. So keep silent! I, the LORD, have spoken!" Douay-Rheims Bible And the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place. English Revised Version And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence. GOD'S WORD® Translation On that day the songs of the temple will become loud cries," declares the Almighty LORD. "There will be dead bodies scattered everywhere. Hush!" Good News Translation On that day the songs in the palace will become cries of mourning. There will be dead bodies everywhere. They will be cast out in silence." International Standard Version At that time," declares the Lord GOD, "the temple songs will be wailing. Many bodies will accumulate everywhere. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the songs of the palace shall be wailings in that day, Saith the Lord GOD; The dead bodies shall be many; In every place silence shall be cast. Literal Standard Version And female singers have howled of a palace in that day,” | A declaration of Lord YHWH, | “Many [are] the carcasses, into any place throw—hush!” Majority Standard Bible “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!” New American Bible The temple singers will wail on that day— oracle of the Lord GOD. Many shall be the corpses, strewn everywhere—Silence! NET Bible The women singing in the temple will wail in that day." The sovereign LORD is speaking. "There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!" New Revised Standard Version The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” says the Lord GOD; “the dead bodies shall be many, cast out in every place. Be silent!” New Heart English Bible The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the LORD. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible The songs of the temple will be wailing in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence. Young's Literal Translation And howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many are the carcases, into any place throw -- hush! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Basket of Ripe Fruit…2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.” 3“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!” 4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,… Cross References Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. Amos 5:16 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: "There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of 'Alas! Alas!' in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. Amos 5:23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. Amos 6:4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. Amos 6:5 You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. Amos 6:8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself--the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: "I abhor Jacob's pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it." Amos 6:10 And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, "Is anyone else with you?" "None," that person will answer. "Silence," the relative will retort, "for the name of the LORD must not be invoked." Treasury of Scripture And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, said the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. the songs. Amos 8:10 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 5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. Hosea 10:5,6 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it… shall be howlings. Amos 4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. Jeremiah 9:21,22 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… they shall. Amos 6:9,10 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die… Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! with silence. Leviticus 10:3 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. Psalm 39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. Jump to Previous Bodies Cast Corpses Cries Dead Declares Everywhere Flung Forth Great House Howled Howlings King's Pain Palace Silence Songs Songstresses Sovereign Temple Throw Turn Wailing WordJump to Next Bodies Cast Corpses Cries Dead Declares Everywhere Flung Forth Great House Howled Howlings King's Pain Palace Silence Songs Songstresses Sovereign Temple Throw Turn Wailing WordAmos 8 1. By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.4. Oppression is reproved. 11. A famine of the word of God threatened. (3) Temple.--The word thus rendered (hechal) also signifies "palace," and this is probably the meaning in this passage. The "songs" have been already spoken of in Amos 6:5. The construction of the following clauses in the original is somewhat doubtful. Some commentators would break up the sentence into abrupt ejaculations. Thus Keil:--"corpses in multitude; in every place he hath cast them forth: Hush!" For "he hath cast," some would read (with 2 Heb. MSS.) the imperative, "cast them forth." But it would be better, and more in consonance with the style of Amos, to connect the clauses together thus: There shall be many corpses in every place that one hath cast away in hushed silence. The words describe the reign of death and doom, with none to bury or make lamentation--a full end. Hebrew “In thatהַה֔וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are day,” בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day declares נְאֻ֖ם (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD, יְהוִ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel “the songs שִׁיר֤וֹת (šî·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 7892: A song, singing of the temple הֵיכָל֙ (hê·ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple will turn to wailing. וְהֵילִ֜ילוּ (wə·hê·lî·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3213: To howl, make a howling Many רַ֣ב (raḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great [will be] the corpses, הַפֶּ֔גֶר (hap·pe·ḡer) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6297: A carcase, an idolatrous image strewn הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ (hiš·lîḵ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away in silence הָֽס׃ (hās) Interjection Strong's 2013: Hush! keep silence! everywhere!” בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Links Amos 8:3 NIVAmos 8:3 NLT Amos 8:3 ESV Amos 8:3 NASB Amos 8:3 KJV Amos 8:3 BibleApps.com Amos 8:3 Biblia Paralela Amos 8:3 Chinese Bible Amos 8:3 French Bible Amos 8:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 8:3 The Solomon of the temple will be (Amo. 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