Amos 8:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Amos 8:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Amos 8:10 is a verse from the book of Amos in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all l..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Amos 8:10 — KJV
“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.”
— Amos 8:10 (KJV)
Amos 8:10 in Context — About the Book of Amos
Amos was a shepherd sent to confront prosperous, religious, unjust Israel. His thunderous demand — let justice roll on like a river — still defines what God expects from worshippers: not louder songs, but fairness for the poor and honesty in the gates.
Cross-References for Amos 8:10
“O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.”
Shares key themes with Amos 8:10: mourning, lamentation, sackcloth
“As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.”
Shares key themes with Amos 8:10: turn, into, mourning
“And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance”
Shares key themes with Amos 8:10: turn, into, mourning
“Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. present: Heb. found images: Heb. statues until...: Heb. until to make an end”
Shares key themes with Amos 8:10: turn, into, every
“And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.”
Shares key themes with Amos 8:10: into, every, son
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