Amos 8:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I will change your festivals into days of crying for the dead. All your songs will be songs of sadness for those who are dead. I will put mourning clothes on every body and baldness on every head. I will cause mourning everywhere, like that for an only son who has died. It will be a very bitter end.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:26

My people, put on sackcloth and roll in the ashes. Cry loudly for the dead. Cry as if you lost an only son. Do this because the destroyer will come against us very quickly.

Zechariah 12:10

I will fill David’s family and the people living in Jerusalem with a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look to me, the one they stabbed, and they will be very sad. They will be as sad as someone crying over the death of their only son, as sad as someone crying over the death of their firstborn son.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will wear sackcloth and be covered with fear. You will see the shame on every face. They will shave their heads to show their sadness.

Jeremiah 48:37

Everyone has a shaved head. Everyone’s beard is cut off. Everyone’s hands are cut and bleeding. Everyone is wearing sackcloth around their waists.

Job 20:23

If he does get all he wants, God will throw his burning anger against him. God will attack him and rain down punishment on him.

Hosea 2:11

I will take away all her fun. I will stop her festivals, her New Moon celebrations, and her days of rest. I will stop all her special feasts.

Nahum 1:10

You will be destroyed completely like thornbushes burning under a pot. You will be destroyed like dry weeds that burn quickly.

Amos 8:3

Their temple songs will become funeral songs.” This is what the Lord GOD said. “There will be dead bodies everywhere. In silence, people will take out the dead bodies and throw them onto the pile.”

Amos 5:23

Take your noisy songs away from here. I will not listen to the music from your harps.

Job 3:5

I wish that bitter day had remained as dark as death, covered with the darkest clouds.

Deuteronomy 16:14

Enjoy yourselves at this festival—you, your sons, your daughters, all your servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows living in your towns.

Genesis 21:16

Then she walked a short distance away and sat down. She thought her son would die because there was no water. She did not want to watch him die. She sat there and began to cry.

Leviticus 13:40

“A man might begin to lose the hair on his head. It is only baldness, so he is clean.

Isaiah 3:24

Those women now have sweet-smelling perfume, but it will get moldy and stink. Now they wear belts, but then they will have only ropes to wear. Now they have their hair fixed in fancy ways, but then their heads will be shaved—they will have no hair. Now they have party dresses, but then they will have only mourning clothes. They have beauty marks on their faces now, but then they will have another mark. It will be a mark burned into their skin to show that they are slaves.

Jeremiah 2:19

You have done wrong, and that will only bring punishment to you. Trouble will come to you, and it will teach you a lesson. Think about it and understand how bad it is to turn away from the Lord your God. It is wrong not to fear and respect me.” This message is from Lord GOD All-Powerful.

Lamentations 5:15

We have no more joy in our hearts. Our dancing has changed to crying for the dead.

Ezekiel 7:2

He said, “Now, son of man, here is a message from the Lord GOD. This message is for the land of Israel: “The end! The end is coming. The whole country will be destroyed.

Joel 1:8

Cry like a young woman crying because the man she was ready to marry has died.

Amos 5:21

“I hate your festivals; I will not accept them. I don’t enjoy your religious meetings.

Job 30:31

My harp is tuned to play songs of sorrow. My flute makes sad sounds like someone crying.

Hosea 2:13

“Israel served false gods, so I will punish her. She burned incense to those false gods. She dressed up—she put on her jewelry and nose ring. Then she went to her lovers and forgot me.” This is what the Lord has said.