Amos 8:3

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.

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WEBBE

The songs of the temple will be wailing in that day,” says the Lord GOD. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.

BSB

“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!”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

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.

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וְהֵילִילוּ ve·hei·li·lu and they will wail H3213 שִׁירוֹת shi·rot songs of H7892 הֵיכָל hei·khal [the] temple H1964 בַּיּוֹם bai·yom on the day H3117 הַהוּא ha·hu' (the) that H1931 נְאֻם ne·'um [the] utterance of H5002 אֲדֹנָי 'a·do·nai [the] Lord H136 יְהוִה yah·weh Yahweh H3069 רַב rav many H7227 הַפֶּגֶר ha·pe·ger the corpse[s] H6297 בְּכָל־ be·khol in every H3605 מָקוֹם ma·kom place H4725 הִשְׁלִיךְ hish·likh someone will throw H7993 הָס פ has hush H2013

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–3

Amos saw a basket of summer fruit gathered, and ready to be eaten; which signified, that the people were ripe for destruction, that the year of God's patience was drawing towards a conclusion. Such summer fruits will not keep till winter, but must be used at once. Yet these judgments shall not draw from them any acknowledgement, either of God's righteousness or their own unrighteousness. Sinners put off repentance from day to day, because they think the Lord thus delays his judgments.

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