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. 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!" 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. 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!” 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 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd female singers have howled of a palace in that day,” "" A declaration of Lord YHWH, "" “Many [are] the carcasses, into any place throw—hush!” 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! Smith's Literal Translation The songs of the temple wailed in that day, says the Lord Jehovah; many a corpse in every place being cast forth: silence. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place. Catholic Public Domain Version And the hinges of the temple will creak in that day, says the Lord God. Many will die. Silence will be thrown away in all places. New American Bible The temple singers will wail on that day— oracle of the Lord GOD. Many shall be the corpses, strewn everywhere—Silence! 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!” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the songs of the temple shall be howling in that day, says the LORD God; there shall be many dead bodies in every place; and they shall be cast away to destruction. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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 OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. 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. 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 Isaiah 24:7-12 The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. / The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. / They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. ... Jeremiah 9:10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away. Ezekiel 26:13 So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard. Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. Zephaniah 1:7-13 Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests. / “On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel. / On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit. ... Lamentations 5:14-15 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. / Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. Joel 1:5-12 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth. / For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness. / It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white. ... Micah 1:8-9 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. / For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself. Revelation 18:22-23 And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” Jeremiah 7:34 I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.” Isaiah 16:10 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering. Ezekiel 33:32 Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice. Matthew 24:30 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. Luke 23:30 At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’ Revelation 6:15-17 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” 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. In that day This phrase is a prophetic marker often used in the Hebrew Bible to denote a specific time of divine intervention or judgment. The Hebrew term "בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא" (bayyom hahu) suggests a future event that is both certain and significant. In the context of Amos, it refers to the impending judgment on Israel due to their social injustices and idolatry. This phrase serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over time and history, emphasizing that His plans will come to fruition. declares the Lord GOD the songs in the temple will turn to wailing Many will be the corpses strewn in silence everywhere 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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