Amos.8.3

Amos 8:3

KJV GOD

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.

The Basket of Summer Fruit

Cross References

Lamentations 2:10

KJV

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

God’s Anger over Jerusalem

Amos 5:16

KJVGOD

Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Woe to Rebellious Israel

“Seek Me that You May Live”

Amos 5:23

KJVGOD

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Woe to Rebellious Israel

“Seek Me that You May Live”

Amos 6:4

KJVGOD

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

“Those at Ease in Zion”

Amos 6:5

KJVGOD

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

“Those at Ease in Zion”

Amos 6:8

KJVGOD

The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

The Pride of Israel

“Those at Ease in Zion”

Amos 6:10

KJVGOD

And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

The Pride of Israel

“Those at Ease in Zion”

Amos 8:10

KJVGOD

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.