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Amos 8:3 KJV
Amos · chapter 8 · verse 3
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.Amos 8:3 · King James Version
Amos 8:3 in context
1Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3And 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.
4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- howlingsyâlalto howl or yellH3213 →
- templehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
- bodiespegera carcase , whether of man or beastH6297 →
- songsshîyra songH7892 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
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The great reason why sinners defer their repentance de die in diem - from day to day, is because they think God thus defers his judgments, and there is no song wherewith they so effectually sing themselves asleep as that, My Lord delays his coming;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3