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Amos 8:9 KJV
Amos · chapter 8 · verse 9
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:Amos 8:9 · King James Version
Amos 8:9 in context
7The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
9And 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:
10And 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.
11Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
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Key words (Strong's)
- darkenchâshakto be darkH2821 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- clearʼôwrillumination or luminaryH216 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
- noontsôhara lightH6672 →
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God is here contending with proud oppressors, and showing them, I. The heinousness of the sin they were guilty of; in short, they had the character of the unjust judge (Luk 18:2) that neither feared God nor regarded man. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-10