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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. <a href="/nlt/amos/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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! <a href="/esv/amos/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/amos/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day. <a href="/kjv/amos/8.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/amos/8.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/amos/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “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. <a href="/nasb/amos/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Then I will turn your festivals into mourning And all your songs into lamentation; And I will bring sackcloth on everyone&#8217s loins 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. <a href="/nasb77/amos/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Then I shall turn your festivals into mourning And all your songs into lamentation; And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins 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. <a href="/lsb/amos/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then I will overturn your feasts into mourning And all your songs into lamentation; And I will bring up sackcloth on everyone’s loins 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. <a href="/amp/amos/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung); And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s loins And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning]. And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died], And the end of it shall be like a bitter day. <a href="/csb/amos/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make that grief like mourning for an only son and its outcome like a bitter day. <a href="/hcsb/amos/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make that grief like mourning for an only son and its outcome like a bitter day. <a href="/asv/amos/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. <a href="/cev/amos/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Your festivals and joyful singing will turn into sorrow. You will wear sackcloth and shave your heads, as you would at the death of your only son. It will be a horrible day. <a href="/erv/amos/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. <a href="/gwt/amos/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will turn your festivals into funerals and all your songs into funeral songs. I will put sackcloth around everyone's waist and shave everyone's head. I will make that day seem like a funeral for an only child, and its end will be bitter. <a href="/gnt/amos/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will turn your festivals into funerals and change your glad songs into cries of grief. I will make you shave your heads and wear sackcloth, and you will be like parents mourning for their only child. That day will be bitter to the end. <a href="/isv/amos/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all of your songs to dirges. I will cause all of you to put on sackcloth and to shave all of your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son, and its conclusion will be like the end of a bitter day." <a href="/msb/amos/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day. <a href="/net/amos/8.htm">NET Bible</a> I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day. <a href="/nheb/amos/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day. <a href="/wbt/amos/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 of it as a bitter day. <a href="/web/amos/8.htm">World English Bible</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And have turned your festivals to mourning, "" And all your songs to lamentation, "" And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, "" And on every head—baldness, "" And made it as a mourning of an only one, "" And its latter end as a day of bitterness. <a href="/ylt/amos/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning of an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness. <a href="/slt/amos/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And turned your festivals into mourning, and all your songs to lamentation; and I brought up sackcloth upon all loins, and upon every head, baldness; and I set it as the mourning of an only one, and its last part as a day of bitterness.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day. <a href="/cpdv/amos/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your hymns into lamentation. And I will put sackcloth over every one of your backs, and baldness on every head. And I will begin it like the mourning for an only-begotten son, and complete it like a bitter day. <a href="/nabre/amos/8.htm">New American Bible</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into dirges. I will cover the loins of all with sackcloth and make every head bald. I will make it like the time of mourning for an only child, and its outcome like a day of bitter weeping. <a href="/nrsvce/amos/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on all loins, 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; and I will put sackcloth upon all your loins and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end of it as a bitter day. <a href="/hpbt/amos/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall turn your feasts into grieving and all your singing into lamentation, and I shall gird sackcloth on all your loins and baldness upon all your heads, and I shall make it as the grieving of an only son and its end as a bitter day<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 for an only son, And the end thereof as a bitter day. <a href="/sep/amos/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved friend, and those with them as a day of grief. <a href="/parallel/amos/8-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=1423" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/8.htm">The Basket of Ripe Fruit</a> …9And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime. 10<a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: wə·hā·p̄aḵ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">I will turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥag·gê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">your feasts</a> <a href="/hebrew/60.htm" title="60: lə·’ê·ḇel (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Mourning. From 'abal; lamentation.">into mourning</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7892.htm" title="7892: šî·rê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A song, singing. Or feminine shiyrah; from shiyr; a song; abstractly, singing.">your songs</a> <a href="/hebrew/7015.htm" title="7015: lə·qî·nāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- An elegy, dirge. From quwn; a dirge.">into lamentation.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">I will cause everyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wə·ha·‘ă·lê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">to wear</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4975.htm" title="4975: mā·ṯə·na·yim (N-md) -- Loins. From an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8242.htm" title="8242: śāq (N-ms) -- Sack, sackcloth. From shaqaq; properly, a mesh, i.e. Coarse loose cloth or sacking; hence, a bag.">sackcloth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and every</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rōš (N-ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">head</a> <a href="/hebrew/7144.htm" title="7144: qā·rə·ḥāh (N-fs) -- Baldness, bald spot. Or qorcha; from qarach; baldness.">to be shaved.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·śam·tî·hā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">I will make it like</a> <a href="/hebrew/60.htm" title="60: kə·’ê·ḇel (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Mourning. From 'abal; lamentation.">a time of mourning</a> <a href="/hebrew/3173.htm" title="3173: yā·ḥîḏ (Adj-ms) -- Only, only one, solitary. From yachad; properly, united, i.e. Sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; the life.">for an only son,</a> <a href="/hebrew/319.htm" title="319: wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3fs) -- The after-part, end. From 'achar; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity.">and its outcome</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751: mār (Adj-ms) -- Bitter, bitterness. Or marah; from marar; bitter; also bitterness, or bitterly.">like a bitter</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: kə·yō·wm (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day.</a> 11Behold, the 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 a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a> On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Jeremiah 6:26</a> O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us. <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a> They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved. <a href="/hosea/2-11.htm">Hosea 2:11</a> I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts. <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Joel 1:8</a> Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth. <a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm">Lamentations 5:15</a> Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8</a> Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10-11</a> Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son. / On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. <a href="/job/30-31.htm">Job 30:31</a> My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping. <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Isaiah 24:11</a> In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land. <a href="/matthew/9-15.htm">Matthew 9:15</a> Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. <a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30</a> At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. <a href="/mark/2-20.htm">Mark 2:20</a> But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. <a href="/luke/5-35.htm">Luke 5:35</a> But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.” <a href="/john/16-20.htm">John 16:20</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.I will turn.<a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Amos 8:3</a> 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.<a href="/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23</a> Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.<a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4-7</a> That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; … sackcloth.<a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2,3</a> He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off… <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Jeremiah 48:37</a> For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.<a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a> They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.as the.<a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Jeremiah 6:26</a> O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.<a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a> And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.<a href="/luke/7-12.htm">Luke 7:12,13</a> Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her… a bitter.<a href="/job/3-5.htm">Job 3:5</a> Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Baldness</a> <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Everyone's</a> <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Feasts</a> <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Festivals</a> <a href="/amos/6-7.htm">Head</a> <a href="/amos/5-17.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Songs</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/amos/8-2.htm">Time</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/daniel/7-25.htm">Wear</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Baldness</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-3.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/amos/9-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/luke/1-63.htm">Everyone's</a> <a href="/nahum/1-15.htm">Feasts</a> <a href="/malachi/2-3.htm">Festivals</a> <a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Head</a> <a href="/micah/1-11.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-10.htm">Songs</a> <a href="/amos/9-11.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jonah/3-1.htm">Time</a> <a href="/amos/9-14.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-4.htm">Wear</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 8</div>1. <a href="/amos/8-1.htm">By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.</a> 4. <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Oppression is reproved.</a> 11. <a href="/amos/8-11.htm">A famine of the word of God threatened.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israel, feasts were times of communal joy and religious observance, such as Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles. The transformation of these joyous occasions into mourning signifies divine judgment. This echoes the warnings found in <a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-16</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-19</a>, where disobedience to God's commandments results in curses and calamities. The imagery of feasts turning into mourning underscores the severity of God's judgment against Israel's unfaithfulness.and all your songs into lamentation. Songs in Israel were often expressions of joy, worship, and celebration, as seen in the Psalms. The transformation of these songs into lamentation reflects a profound shift from happiness to sorrow. Lamentation was a common response to disaster or loss, as seen in the Book of Lamentations, which mourns the destruction of Jerusalem. This phrase highlights the depth of the impending judgment, where even the cultural expressions of joy are replaced by grief.I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth Wearing sackcloth was a traditional sign of mourning and repentance in the ancient Near East. It was made from coarse material, symbolizing discomfort and humility. Instances of wearing sackcloth can be found in <a href="/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34</a>, where Jacob mourns for Joseph, and in <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-6</a>, where the people of Nineveh repent. This imagery indicates a widespread acknowledgment of calamity and the need for repentance among the people.and every head to be shaved. Shaving the head was another sign of mourning and humiliation. It is mentioned in <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Jeremiah 48:37</a> as a response to grief and disaster. This act symbolizes the stripping away of personal dignity and pride, reflecting the depth of the nation's sorrow and the completeness of their judgment.I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, The mourning for an only son was considered the most intense form of grief in ancient Israel, as an only son represented the future and hope of a family line. This is seen in <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a>, where the mourning for the one "whom they have pierced" is likened to mourning for an only son. This phrase emphasizes the unparalleled depth of the coming sorrow and loss, pointing to the ultimate judgment and the need for repentance.and its outcome like a bitter day. A "bitter day" suggests a time of extreme distress and suffering. This phrase captures the culmination of the judgment, where the consequences of Israel's actions lead to a day of reckoning. The bitterness reflects the severity of the divine response to sin and rebellion, as seen in other prophetic warnings like those in <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Jeremiah 6:26</a>. This serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the seriousness of turning away from God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from Tekoa, called by God to deliver messages of judgment to Israel during a time of prosperity and moral decay. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, which is the primary audience of Amos's prophecies, facing impending judgment due to their social injustices and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/f/feasts.htm">Feasts</a> Religious celebrations that were meant to honor God but had become empty rituals due to the people's hypocrisy. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mourning_and_lamentation.htm">Mourning and Lamentation</a> Expressions of deep sorrow and grief, symbolizing the severe judgment and loss that Israel would experience. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sackcloth_and_shaved_heads.htm">Sackcloth and Shaved Heads</a> Traditional signs of mourning and repentance in ancient Near Eastern cultures.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_hypocrisy.htm">The Consequences of Hypocrisy</a> God sees beyond outward religious observances to the heart. Empty rituals without true devotion lead to judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_depth_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Depth of God's Judgment</a> The imagery of mourning for an only son underscores the severity of God's judgment. It is a call to take His warnings seriously. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_genuine_repentance.htm">Call to Genuine Repentance</a> True repentance involves a change of heart and actions, not just external signs of sorrow. <a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_response.htm">The Urgency of Response</a> Just as Israel was warned, we are called to respond to God's messages promptly and sincerely. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> While the passage speaks of judgment, the broader biblical account assures us of God's desire for restoration and reconciliation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 8</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_christian_goth_culture.htm">What defines Christian Goth culture?</a> <a href="/q/why_mention_gaza's_baldness_if_it_survived.htm">Jeremiah 47:5 – Why does the prophecy mention baldness at Gaza and Ashkelon’s demise if records indicate these cities continued to exist beyond the period of Jeremiah’s ministry? </a> <a href="/q/why_was_'baldhead'_an_insult_then.htm">Why was "baldhead" considered an insult in Elisha's time?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_sam_20_5_with_ot_feasts.htm">How do we reconcile the timing of the New Moon feast in 1 Samuel 20:5 with other Old Testament passages referencing similar observances?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10, 11) The imagery is very vivid. The prophet threatens a famine of the word of Jehovah, and a parching thirst for the Water of Life, now no longer attainable. Such terrible destitution often supervenes on the neglect of the Word of God, the power to discern the ever-present Word being exhausted. Then comes the withdrawal of revelation, the silence of seers. One of the awful dooms of unbelief in the next world will be this famine, this hopeless thirst and fathomless suspense.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - I will turn your feasts into mourning, etc. (comp. ver. 3: <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16, 17</a>; <a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm">Lamentations 5:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/2-11.htm">Hosea 2:11</a>; Tobit 2:6). Sackcloth. A token of mourning (<a href="/1_kings/20-31.htm">1 Kings 20:31</a>; <a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Isaiah 15:3</a>; <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Joel 1:8, 13</a>). Baldness. On shaving the head as a sign of mourning, see note on Micah 1:16; and comp. <a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a>; <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Isaiah 3:24</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Jeremiah 47:5</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a>). I will make it; Ponam eam (Vulgate); sc. terram. But it is better to take it to refer to the whole state of things mentioned before. The mourning for an only son was proverbially severe, like that of the widow of Nain (<a href="/luke/7-12.htm">Luke 7:12</a>, etc.; comp. <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Jeremiah 6:26</a>; <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a>). And the end thereof as a bitter day. The calamity should not wear itself out; it should be bitter unto the end. Septuagint, Θήσομαι... τοὺς μέτ αὐτοῦ ὡς ἡμέραν ὀδύνης, "I will make... those with him as a day of anguish." <a href="/commentaries/amos/8-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will turn וְהָפַכְתִּ֨י (wə·hā·p̄aḵ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert your feasts חַגֵּיכֶ֜ם (ḥag·gê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast into mourning לְאֵ֗בֶל (lə·’ê·ḇel) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_60.htm">Strong's 60: </a> Lamentation and all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every your songs שִֽׁירֵיכֶם֙ (šî·rê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7892.htm">Strong's 7892: </a> A song, singing into lamentation. לְקִינָ֔ה (lə·qî·nāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7015.htm">Strong's 7015: </a> An elegy, dirge I will cause everyone כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every to wear וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤י (wə·ha·‘ă·lê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively sackcloth שָׂ֔ק (śāq) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8242.htm">Strong's 8242: </a> A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag and every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every head רֹ֖אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head to be shaved. קָרְחָ֑ה (qā·rə·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7144.htm">Strong's 7144: </a> Baldness, bald spot I will make it like וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ (wə·śam·tî·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set a time of mourning כְּאֵ֣בֶל (kə·’ê·ḇel) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_60.htm">Strong's 60: </a> Lamentation for an only son, יָחִ֔יד (yā·ḥîḏ) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> United, sole, beloved, lonely, the life and its outcome וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ (wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_319.htm">Strong's 319: </a> The last, end, the future, posterity like a bitter מָֽר׃ (mār) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4751.htm">Strong's 4751: </a> Bitter, bitterness, bitterly day. כְּי֥וֹם (kə·yō·wm) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 8:10 I will turn your feasts into mourning (Amo. 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