Amos 8:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “Shall the land not tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? And all of it shall swell like the River, heave and subside like the River of Mitsrayim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it shall rise like the river [Nile], all of it, and it shall be tossed about and sink back again to normal level, as does the Nile of Egypt.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

Common English Bible

⁸ Will not the land tremble on this account, and all who live in it mourn, as it rises and overflows like the Nile, and then falls again, like the River of Egypt?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Will not the earth shudder over this, and all its inhabitants mourn, and all rise up like a river, and be cast out, and flow away like the river of Egypt?

Amos 8:8 Cross References

Psalm 18:7

And the earth shook and trembled; Even the foundations of the mountains were troubled And they shook, because He was wroth.

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore the displeasure of יהוה  has burned against His people, and He stretches out His hand against them and smites them, and the mountains tremble. And their carcass is as filth in the middle of the streets. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out!

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the plants of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, for the evil of those who dwell there, because they said, “He does not see our latter ending.”

Jeremiah 46:7

Who is this rising like a flood, whose waters surge about like the rivers?

Jeremiah 46:8

Mitsrayim rises like a flood, and its waters surge about like the rivers. And he says, ‘Let me rise and cover the earth; let me destroy the city and its inhabitants.’

Jeremiah 51:29

so that the land shakes and writhes in pain. For every plan of יהוה  shall be established against Baḇ

Daniel 9:26

“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off and have naught. And the people of a coming prince shall destroy the city and the set-apart place. And the end of it is with a flood. And wastes are decreed, and fighting until the end.

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Shomeron fear because of the calf of Bĕ

Hosea 4:3

“Therefore the land mourns, and everyone living there languishes, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens. And the fish of the sea are taken away.

Amos 8:10

and shall turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation, and bring sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head, and shall make it like mourning for an only son, and its end like a day of bitterness.

Amos 9:5

And the Master יהוה  of hosts is He who touches the earth so that it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn, and all of it come up like the River, and subside like the River of Mitsrayim –

Nahum 1:8

But with an overwhelming flood He makes a complete end of the place of Ninewĕ

Matthew 24:30

“And then the sign of the Son of Aḏ