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Amos 8:3
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Their temple songs will become funeral songs." This is what the Lord God said. "There will be dead bodies everywhere. In silence, people will take out the dead bodies and throw them onto the pile."
"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!"
"On that day the palace songs will become funeral songs," says the Lord God . "There will be dead bodies thrown everywhere! Silence!"
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!"
And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, says the Lord Yahweh: the dead bodies shall be many: in every place they shall cast them forth with silence.
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.
"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."
The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day," declares the Lord God . "So many dead bodies!" "They are thrown everywhere!" "Silence!"
The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord Yahweh. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
And the herris, ether twistis, of the temple schulen greetli sowne in that dai, seith the Lord God. Many men schulen die, silence schal be cast forth in ech place.
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.
"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!"
Instead of singing in the temple, they will cry and weep. Dead bodies will be everywhere. So keep silent! I, the Lord , have spoken!"
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.
And the songs of the king's house will be cries of pain in that day, says the Lord God: great will be the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will put them out without a word.
When that time comes, the songs in the temple will be wailings," says Adonai Elohim . "There will be many dead bodies; everywhere silence will reign."
And the songs of the palace shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth. Silence!
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.
And the songs of the Temples shalbe howlings in that day, sayth the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in euery place, they shall cast them foorth with silence.
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!"
The songs of the king's house will become loud cries of sorrow on that day," says the Lord God. "There will be many dead bodies. In every place they will be thrown out without a word."
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!"
And the songs of the Temple shalbe howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies shalbe in euery place: they shall cast them forth with silence.
And 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.
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.
The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day," says the Lord GOD; "the dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast out in silence."
And the songues of the temple shalbe howlinges in that day sayth the Lorde God: many dead bodies shalbe in euery place, they shal cast them foorth with scilence.
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.
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."
In that day the temple songs will become wailing”—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”
The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord GOD. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
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.
"And the songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day," declares my Lord Yahweh. "The corpses are numerous; he throws them in every place. Be quiet!"
And they will howl the songs of the temple in that day, declares the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place one shall throw them out, saying , Hush!
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!
In that daye shall the songes off the temple be turned in to sorow, sayeth the LORDE God. Many deed bodyes shal lye in euery place, & be cast forth secretly.
"The royal singers will wail when it happens." My Master God said so. "Corpses will be strewn here, there, and everywhere. Hush!"
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."
"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."
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."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the songs: Amos 8:10, Amos 5:23, Hosea 10:5, Hosea 10:6, Joel 1:5, Joel 1:11, Joel 1:13, Zechariah 11:1-3
shall be howlings: Heb. shall howl
many: Amos 4:10, Isaiah 37:36, Jeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 9:22, Nahum 3:3
they shall: Amos 6:9, Amos 6:10, Jeremiah 22:18
with silence: Heb. be silent, Leviticus 10:3, Psalms 39:9
Reciprocal: Psalms 137:4 - How shall Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to keep Isaiah 24:9 - General Lamentations 2:10 - and keep Ezekiel 24:17 - Forbear to cry Hosea 2:11 - her feast Hosea 7:14 - when Hosea 8:1 - the house Amos 6:5 - like Zephaniah 1:10 - the noise
Cross-References
In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open.
Thus prevailed the waters on the earth, - a hundred and fifty days.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day,
saith the Lord God,.... Not the songs sung by the Levites in the temple of Jerusalem, this prophecy respects the ten tribes only; but those in imitation of them, sung in the temple at Bethel, and other idol temples; or profane songs in the palaces of princes and nobles; that is, instead of these, there should be howlings for the calamities come upon them. So the Targum,
"they shall howl, instead of a song, in their houses then;''
particularly because of the slain in them, as follows; see Amos 5:23;
[there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; in all houses and palaces, in all towns and cities; and especially in Samaria, during the siege, and when taken, partly through the famine, and partly through the sword:
they shall cast [them] forth with silence; they that have the care of burying the dead bodies shall either cast them out of the houses upon the bier or cart in which they are carried to the grave, or into the pit or grave without any funeral lamentation: or, "they shall cast them forth", and say, "be silent"; that is, as Kimchi explains it,
"one of them that casts them forth shall say to his companion, be silent;''
say not one word against God and his providence, since this is righteously come upon us; or say nothing of the number of the dead, lest the hearts of those that hear should become tender, and be discouraged, as Aben Ezra; or the enemy should be encouraged to go on with the siege.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The songs of the temple shall be howlings - Literally, âshall howl.â It shall be, as when mirthful music is suddenly broken in upon, and, through the sudden agony of the singer, ends in a shriek or yell of misery. When sounds of joy are turned into wailing, all must be complete sorrow. They are not hushed only, but are turned into their opposite. Since Amos is speaking to, and of, Israel, âthe templeâ is, doubtless, here the great idol-temple at Bethel, and âthe songsâ were the choral music, with which they counterfeited the temple-music, as arranged by David, praising (they could not make up their minds which,) Nature or âthe God of nature,â but, in truth, worshiping the creature. The temple was often strongly built and on a height, and, whether from a vague hope of help from God, (as in the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans,) or from some human trust, that the temple might be respected, or from confidence in its strength, or from all together, was the last refuge of the all-but-captive people. Their last retreat was often the scene of the last reeling strife, the battle-cry of the assailants, the shrieks of the defenseless, the groans of the wounded, the agonized cry of unyielding despair. Some such scene the prophet probably had before his mindâs eye, for he adds;
There shall be âmany dead bodies,â literally, âMany the corpse in every place.â He sees it, not as future, but before him. The whole city, now so thronged with life, âthe oppressorâs wrong, the proud manâs contumely,â lies before him as one scene of death; every place thronged with corpses; none exempt; at home, abroad, or, which he had just spoken of, the temple; no time, no place for honorable burial. âThey,â literally, âhe casts forth, hush!â Each casts forth those dear to him, as âdung on the face of the earthâ (Jeremiah 8:2, etc.). Grief is too strong for words. Living and dead are hushed as the grave. âLarge cities are large solitudes,â for want of mutual love; in Godâs retribution, all their din and hum becomes anew a solitude.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Amos 8:3. The songs of the temple — Instead of ש×ר×ת shiroth, songs, Houbigant reads ש×ר×ת shoroth, the singing women; and Newcome follows him: "And the singing women of the palace shall howl in that day." Instead of joyous songs, they shall have nothing but lamentation.
They shall cast them forth with silence. — Every place shall be filled with the dead, and a dreadful silence shall reign universally; the few that remain being afraid either to speak or complain, or even to chant a funeral dirge for the most respectable of the dead.
