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And it shall come to pass in that Yom, saith Adonoi Hashem, that I will cause the shemesh to go down at noon, and I will darken ha’aretz in the yom ohr (day light);

10 And I will turn your chagim into mourning, and all your shirot into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every rosh; and I will make it as the mourning of a yachid (only son), and the end thereof as a yom mar (bitter day).

11 Hinei, the yamim come, saith Adonoi Hashem, that I will send a ra’av (famine) in the land, not a ra’av (famine) of lechem, nor a thirst for mayim, but of hearing the Divrei Hashem;

12 And they shall wander from yam to yam, and from the tzafon (north) even to the mizrach (east), they shall run to and fro to seek the Devar Hashem, and shall not find it.

13 In that Yom shall the betulot hayafot (fair virgins) and bochurim faint for thirst.

14 They that swear by the sin of Shomron, and say, Chai Elohecha, O Dan; and, The Derech Beer Sheva liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

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“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.(A)
10 I will turn your religious festivals(B) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.(C)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(D)
    and shave(E) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(F)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.(G)

11 “The days are coming,”(H) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine(I) of hearing the words of the Lord.(J)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.(K)

13 “In that day

“the lovely young women and strong young men(L)
    will faint because of thirst.(M)
14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria(N)
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’(O)
    or, ‘As surely as the god[a] of Beersheba(P) lives’—
    they will fall,(Q) never to rise again.(R)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:14 Hebrew the way