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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/amos/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220In that day,&#8221 declares the Sovereign LORD, &#8220I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/amos/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth while it is still day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“And on that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220It will come about in that day,&#8221 declares the Lord GOD, &#8220That I will make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And it will come about in that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “That I shall make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And it will be in that day,” declares Lord Yahweh, “That I will make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “That I shall cause the sun to go down at noon, And I shall darken the earth in broad daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in that day — this is the declaration of the Lord GOD — I will make the sun go down at noon; I will darken the land in the daytime.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in that day— this is the declaration of the Lord GOD— I will make the sun go down at noon; I will darken the land in the daytime. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />On that day, I, the LORD God, will make the sun go down at noon, and I will turn daylight into darkness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On that day, declares the Almighty LORD, I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The time is coming when I will make the sun go down at noon and the earth grow dark in daytime. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />It will come about at that time," declares the Lord GOD, "I will cause the sun to set at noon and the earth to darken in the daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In that day," says the sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It will happen in that day," says the LORD, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />It will happen in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it has come to pass in that day,” "" A declaration of Lord YHWH, "" “I have caused the sun to go in at noon, "" And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it was in that day, says the Lord Jehovah, I caused the sun to set at noon, and I darkened the light to the earth in that day:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And it will be in that day, says the Lord God, that the sun will decline at midday, and I will cause the earth to become dark on the day of light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On that day—oracle of the Lord GOD— I will make the sun set at midday and in broad daylight cover the land with darkness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />On that day, says the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in broad daylight.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daylight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And it will be in that day, says LORD JEHOVAH, I shall make the sun set at noonday and I shall darken the land in the daylight<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, Saith the Lord GOD, That I will cause the sun to go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in the clear day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, <i>that</i> the sun shall go down at noon, and the light shall be darkened on the earth by day:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/8-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=1414" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/8.htm">The Basket of Ripe Fruit</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">And in that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: haš·še·meš (Art:: N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">I will make the sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">go down</a> <a href="/hebrew/6672.htm" title="6672: baṣ·ṣā·ho·rā·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A light, double light, noon. From tsahar; a light: dual double light, i.e. Noon.">at noon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2821.htm" title="2821: wə·ha·ḥă·šaḵ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be or grow dark. A primitive root; to be dark; transitively, to darken.">and I will darken</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in the daytime.</a> <a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: ’ō·wr (N-cs) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary."></a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a></span><br />The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Isaiah 13:10</a></span><br />For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a></span><br />Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-7.htm">Ezekiel 32:7-8</a></span><br />When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. / All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-24.htm">Mark 13:24-25</a></span><br />But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; / the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12</a></span><br />And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a></span><br />All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-44.htm">Luke 23:44-45</a></span><br />It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. / The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9</a></span><br />The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a></span><br />That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-20.htm">Acts 2:20</a></span><br />The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Isaiah 5:30</a></span><br />In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-12.htm">Revelation 8:12</a></span><br />Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-3.htm">Isaiah 50:3</a></span><br />I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Micah 3:6</a></span><br />Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:</p><p class="hdg">that I.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Amos 4:13</a></b></br> For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what <i>is</i> his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, <i>is</i> his name.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Amos 5:8</a></b></br> <i>Seek him</i> that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD <i>is</i> his name:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-14.htm">Job 5:14</a></b></br> They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.</p><p class="hdg">and I.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Exodus 10:21-23</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness <i>which</i> may be felt… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/27-45.htm">Matthew 27:45</a></b></br> Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/15-33.htm">Mark 15:33</a></b></br> And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/6-14.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/amos/5-20.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-8.htm">Darken</a> <a href="/amos/5-20.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Daylight</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/amos/5-20.htm">Light</a> <a href="/daniel/4-10.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-16.htm">Noon</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/joel/3-15.htm">Sun</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/nahum/2-4.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/amos/9-2.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jonah/3-7.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jonah/1-8.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-7.htm">Darken</a> <a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/matthew/10-27.htm">Daylight</a> <a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Light</a> <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-4.htm">Noon</a> <a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Sun</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-1.htm">By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Oppression is reproved.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-11.htm">A famine of the word of God threatened.</a></span><br></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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"That day" often refers to a time of divine intervention or judgment. In the context of Amos, it points to the impending judgment on Israel due to their social injustices and idolatry. The phrase "declares the Lord GOD" underscores the seriousness and divine origin of the message, indicating that it is not merely a human prediction but a divine decree.<p><b>I will make the sun go down at noon,</b><br>This imagery of the sun setting at noon symbolizes an unexpected and unnatural event, signifying a time of great calamity and divine judgment. In the ancient Near East, the sun was often associated with stability and order, so its darkening at noon would represent chaos and disruption. This could be seen as a literal event or a metaphor for the sudden downfall of Israel. The imagery is reminiscent of the darkness that fell over Egypt during the plagues (<a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Exodus 10:21-23</a>) and foreshadows the darkness at the crucifixion of Christ (<a href="/matthew/27-45.htm">Matthew 27:45</a>), symbolizing judgment and the presence of God.<p><b>and I will darken the earth in the daytime.</b><br>The darkening of the earth during the day further emphasizes the severity of the judgment. This could be interpreted as a literal eclipse or a metaphor for the loss of divine favor and protection. In biblical symbolism, darkness often represents judgment, mourning, and the absence of God's presence. This imagery connects to other prophetic writings, such as <a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a> and <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a>, where darkness is associated with the "day of the Lord." It also prefigures the eschatological themes found in the New Testament, where cosmic disturbances accompany the return of Christ (<a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from the southern kingdom of Judah, called by God to deliver messages of judgment to the northern kingdom of Israel. His prophecies often focus on social justice and divine judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who speaks through His prophets to warn and guide His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, which is the primary audience of Amos's prophecies. During Amos's time, Israel was experiencing prosperity but was also guilty of idolatry and social injustice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_the_lord.htm">The Day of the LORD</a></b><br>A prophetic term used to describe a time of divine intervention, often associated with judgment and significant cosmic disturbances.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/cosmic_disturbance.htm">Cosmic Disturbance</a></b><br>The event described in <a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9</a>, where God will cause the sun to go down at noon, symbolizing a dramatic and divine intervention in the natural order.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty.htm">Divine Sovereignty</a></b><br>God has control over the natural world and can use it to fulfill His purposes. This should remind us of His power and authority over all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_repentance.htm">Judgment and Repentance</a></b><br>The imagery of darkness at noon serves as a warning of impending judgment. It calls us to examine our lives and repent from sin, aligning ourselves with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_darkness.htm">Hope in Darkness</a></b><br>Even in times of judgment and darkness, God's ultimate purpose is to bring about redemption and restoration. We can find hope in His promises and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/awareness_of_the_times.htm">Awareness of the Times</a></b><br>Just as the people of Israel were warned of coming judgment, we should be aware of the spiritual and moral state of our own lives and communities, seeking to live righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_fulfillment.htm">Christ as Fulfillment</a></b><br>The darkness at the crucifixion of Christ can be seen as a fulfillment of prophetic imagery, pointing to Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice for sin and the light of the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_amos_8_9_align_with_solar_science.htm">How does Amos 8:9’s prediction of the sun going dark align with scientific understanding of solar events? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_jesus's_glorious_return.htm">Why does God seem slow in fulfilling promises?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_the_sun_fail_in_luke_23_44-45.htm">In Luke 23:44–45, how could the sun’s light fail for three hours without any corroborating historical or astronomical records? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ecclesiastes_9_5_fit_with_an_active_afterlife.htm">In Ecclesiastes 9:5, if the dead truly 'know nothing,' how does that square with verses elsewhere suggesting an active afterlife?</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>(9) <span class= "bld">Darken the earth.--</span>The darkening of the sun at noon-day gives an image of confusion and terror (comp. <a href="/amos/5-20.htm" title="Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?">Amos 5:20</a>). The eclipse of the sun that is here alluded to (see <span class= "ital">Excursus</span> C), like the earthquake in the preceding verse, is employed as a powerful image of national calamity, the extinction of the royal house, and perhaps the final overthrow of Israel. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm" title="She that has borne seven languishes: she has given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she has been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 15:9</a>; <a href="/context/ezekiel/32-7.htm" title="And when I shall put you out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.">Ezekiel 32:7-10</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">EXCURSUS C (Amos 8:9).</span><p>That an eclipse is here referred to, and employed as a figure to express the overwhelming calamities which were to darken Israel, can hardly admit of doubt, when we compare the similar figurative use of the earthquake in the preceding verse. But to what eclipse does the prophet refer? Mr. J. W. Bosanquet has attempted to identify it with a very special one, mentioned in the Assyrian annals:--"In the eponymy of Bursagale, prefect of Gozan, the city of Asshur revolted, and in the month Sivan the sun was eclipsed." This has been calculated by Hind to have occurred on June 15, 763 B.C. (So Rawlinson, Schrader, G. Smith, &c., as against Oppert's view, which is untenable.) If this eclipse was in the mind of the prophet, it is a fact of considerable importance in chronology. On the whole, however, it is more probable that the prophet was thinking of an earlier eclipse, which took place in 784 B.C., Feb. 9. It was a total eclipse, the time of totality being about 1 p.m. at Jerusalem, thus exactly corresponding with the phraseology of this verse. So remarkable a phenomenon would naturally stamp itself for many years upon the mind of the people, and this vivid impression the prophet summons to his aid in foreshadowing the calamities of the last time.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will cause the sun to go down at noon.</span> This is probably to be taken metaphorically of a sudden calamity occurring in the very height of seeming prosperity, such as the fate of Israel in Pekah's time, and Pekah's own murder (<a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm">2 Kings 15:29, 30</a>; see also <a href="/2_kings/17-1.htm">2 Kings 17:1-6</a>). A like metaphor is common enough; <span class="accented">e.g.</span> <a href="/joel/2-2.htm">Joel 2:2</a>: 3:15; <a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Micah 3:6</a>; <a href="/job/5-14.htm">Job 5:14</a>; <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Isaiah 13:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9</a>. Hind calculates that there were two solar eclipses visible in Palestine in Amos's time, viz. June 15, <span class="date">B.C. 763</span>, and February 9, <span class="date">B.C. 784</span>. Some have suggested that the prophet here predicts the latter in the year of Jeroboam's death; but this, it is discovered, would have been so partial as hardly to be noticeable at Samaria. And it is improbable that such natural phenomena, unconnected with God's moral government, should be the subject of the prophet's prediction (Pusey). Doubtless a sudden reverse is signified (comp. <a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a>, etc.), expressed in terms rendered particularly appropriate by some late and well remembered eclipse. The Fathers note here how the earth was darkened at the Passion of our Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/8-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“And in that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֗וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day,”</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם֙</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“I will make the sun</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(haš·še·meš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm">Strong's 8121: </a> </span><span class="str2">The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">go down</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at noon;</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(baṣ·ṣā·ho·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6672.htm">Strong's 6672: </a> </span><span class="str2">A light, double light, noon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will darken</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·ḥă·šaḵ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2821.htm">Strong's 2821: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be dark, to darken</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">לָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the daytime.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/8-9.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 8:9 It will happen in that day says (Amo. 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