Amos 8:8 {7}
Good News Translation
And so the earth will quake, and everyone in the land will be in distress. The whole country will be shaken; it will rise and fall like the Nile River.

New Revised Standard Version
Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who lives in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?

Contemporary English Version
Your country will tremble, and you will mourn. It will be like the Nile River that rises and overflows, then sinks back down.

New American Bible
Shall not the land tremble because of this, and all who dwell in it mourn? It will all rise up and toss like the Nile, and subside like the river of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.

the land.

Psalm 18:7 The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.

Psalm 60:2,3 Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved. . . .

Psalm 114:3-7 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. . . .

Isaiah 5:25 Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand upon them, and struck them: and the mountains were troubles, and their carcasses became as dung in the midst of the streets. For after this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 24:19,20 With breaking shall the earth be broken, with crushing shall the earth be crushed, with trembling shall the earth be moved. . . .

Jeremiah 4:24-26 I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled. . . .

Micah 1:3-5 Hear, all ye people: and let the earth give ear, and all that is therein: and let the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord from his holy temple. . . .

Nahum 1:5,6 The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein. . . .

Habakkuk 3:5-8 Death shall go before his face. And the devil shall go forth before his feet. . . .

Haggai 2:6,7 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. . . .

every one.

Amos 8:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light:

Amos 9:5 And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Jeremiah 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they have said: He shall not see our last end.

Hosea 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.

Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria have worshipped the calf of Bethaven: for the people thereof have mourned over it, and the wardens of its temple that rejoiced over it in its glory because it is departed from it.

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven. And then shall all tribes of the earth mourn: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty.

rise.

Amos 9:5 And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Isaiah 8:7,8 Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks. . . .

Jeremiah 46:8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.

Daniel 9:26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people, with their leader, that shall come, shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.

Context
The Basket of Ripe Fruit
7That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn? 8The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.9Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?…
Cross References
Psalm 18:7
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.

Psalm 60:2
Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.

Isaiah 5:25
Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand upon them, and struck them: and the mountains were troubles, and their carcasses became as dung in the midst of the streets. For after this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 8:7
Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks.

Jeremiah 46:7
Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers?

Jeremiah 46:8
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.

Jeremiah 51:29
And the land shall be in a commotion, and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of Babylon desert and uninhabitable.

Hosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.

Amos 9:5
And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Nahum 1:8
But with a flood that passeth by, he will make an utter end of the place thereof: and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Amos 8:7
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