Amos 6:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

As you carry out a corpse to prepare it for burial, your relative in the house will ask, “Are there others?” You will answer, “No!” Then your relative will reply, “Be quiet! Don't dare mention the name of the LORD.”

Cross References

2 Kings 23:16

As he looked around, he saw graves on the hillside. He had the bones in them dug up and burnt on the altar, so that it could no longer be used. This happened just as God's prophet had said when Jeroboam was standing at the altar, celebrating a festival. Then Josiah saw the grave of the prophet who had said this would happen

2 Kings 6:33

Before Elisha finished talking, the messenger came up and said, “The LORD has made all these terrible things happen to us. Why should I think he will help us now?”

Jeremiah 16:6

Rich and poor alike will die and be left unburied. No one will mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads.

Jeremiah 44:26

Keep these promises! But let me tell you what will happen. As surely as I am the LORD God, I swear that I will never again accept any promises you make in my name.

Jeremiah 9:21

‘We were in our fortress, but death sneaked in through our windows. It even struck down children at play and our strongest young men.’

Ezekiel 20:39

Go ahead and worship your idols for now, you Israelites, because soon I will no longer let you dishonour me by offering gifts to them. You will have no choice but to obey me!

Ezekiel 24:21

he is ready to destroy the temple in which you take such pride and which makes you feel so safe. Your children who now live in Jerusalem will be killed.

Amos 5:13

Times are so evil that anyone with good sense will keep quiet.

Amos 8:3

Instead of singing in the temple, they will cry and weep. Dead bodies will be everywhere. So keep silent! I, the LORD, have spoken!”

Numbers 17:12

The Israelites cried out to Moses, “We're done for

1 Samuel 31:12

So one night, some brave men from Jabesh went to Beth-Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons, then brought them back to Jabesh and burnt them.