Amos 8:9-11

New International Reader's Version

“At that time I will make the sun go down at noon.
    The earth will become dark in the middle of the day.
¹⁰ I will turn your holy feasts into times for mourning.
    I will turn all your songs into weeping.
You will have to wear the clothing of sadness.
    You will shave your heads.
I will make you mourn as if your only son had died.
    The end of that time will be like a bitter day.”

“The days are coming
    when I will send hunger through the land.
But people will not be hungry for food.
    They will not be thirsty for water.
Instead, they will be hungry
    to hear a message from me.