Amos 8:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Your country will tremble, and you will mourn. It will be like the River Nile that rises and overflows, then sinks back down.

Cross References

Psalm 18:7

The earth shook and shivered, and the mountains trembled down to their roots. You were angry

Isaiah 5:25

You are the LORD's people, but you made him terribly angry, and he struck you with his mighty arm. Mountains shook, and dead bodies covered the streets like rubbish. The LORD is still angry, and he is ready to strike you again.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the ground be dry and the pasture lands parched? The birds and animals are dead and gone. And all this happened because the people are so sinful. They even boast, “God can't see the sins we commit.”

Jeremiah 46:7

What nation is this, that rises like the River Nile overflowing its banks?

Jeremiah 46:8

It is Egypt, rising with a roar like a raging river and saying, “I'll flood the earth, destroying cities, and killing everyone in them.”

Jeremiah 51:29

The earth twists and turns in torment, because I have decided to make Babylonia a desert where no one can live, and I won't change my mind.

Daniel 9:26

At the end of the sixty-two weeks, the Chosen Leader will be killed and left with nothing. A foreign ruler and his army will sweep down like a mighty flood, leaving both the city and the temple in ruins, and war and destruction will continue until the end, just as God has decided.

Hosea 10:5

All who live in Samaria tremble with concern for the idols at sinful Bethel. The idol there was the pride of the priests, but it has been put to shame; now everyone will cry.

Hosea 4:3

And so your land is a desert. Every living creature is dying— people and wild animals, birds and fish.

Amos 8:10

Your festivals and joyful singing will turn into sorrow. You will wear sackcloth and shave your heads, as you would at the death of your only son. It will be a horrible day.

Amos 9:5

When the LORD God All-Powerful touches the earth, it melts, and its people mourn. God makes the earth rise and then fall, just like the River Nile.

Nahum 1:8

But like a roaring flood, the LORD chases his enemies into dark places and destroys them.

Matthew 24:30

Then a sign will appear in the sky. And there will be the Son of Man. All nations on earth will weep when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.