The earth shook and trembled;\par the foundations of heaven shook.\par Why? Because the Lord was angry!\par
Amos 8:8 - Easy To Read Version The whole land will shake\par because of those things.\par Every person that lives in the land\par will cry for people that died.\par The whole land will rise and fall\par like the Nile River in Egypt.\par The land will be tossed around.”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt? |
The earth shook and trembled;\par the foundations of heaven shook.\par Why? Because the Lord was angry!\par
So the Lord has become very angry with his people. And the Lord will raise his hand and punish them. Even the mountains will be frightened. Dead bodies will lie in the streets like garbage. But God will still be angry. His hand will still be raised \{to punish the people\}.
How much longer will the land be dry?\par How long will the grass be dry and dead?\par The animals and birds in the land have died,\par And it is the fault of the wicked people.\par Yet those wicked people are saying,\par “Jeremiah will not live long enough\par to see what happens to us.”\par
Who is coming like the Nile River?\par Who is coming like that strong, fast river?\par
It is Egypt that comes\par like the rising Nile River.\par It is Egypt that comes\par like that strong, fast river.\par Egypt says,\par ‘I will come and cover the earth.\par I will destroy the cities\par and the people in them.’\par
The land shakes and moves like it is in pain.\par It will shake when the Lord does what he planned to Babylon.\par The Lord’s plan is to make the land of Babylon into an empty desert.\par No person will live there.\par
After the 62 weeks, {\cf2\super [112]} the chosen person will be killed. {\cf2\super [113]} He will be gone. {\cf2\super [114]} Then the people of the future leader will destroy the city and the holy place. That end will come like a flood. War will continue until the end. God has ordered that place to be completely destroyed.
The people from Samaria {\cf2\super [100]} worship the calves at Beth-Aven. {\cf2\super [101]} Those people will really cry. Those priests will really cry. Why? Because their beautiful \{idol\} is gone. It was carried away.
So the country is like a person crying for the dead, and all of its people are weak. Even the animals of the field, the birds of the sky, and the fish in the sea are dying. {\cf2\super [33]}
I will change your holidays\par into days of crying for the dead.\par All your songs will be songs of sadness\par for dead people.\par I will put clothes of sadness on everyone.\par I will make every head bald. {\cf2\super [104]} \par I will make it like heavy crying\par for an only son that has died.\par It will be a very bitter end.”\par
My Master, the Lord All-Powerful,\par will touch the land,\par and the land will melt.\par Then all the people that live in the land\par will cry for the dead people.\par The land will rise and fall\par like the Nile River in Egypt.\par
But he will destroy completely his enemies.\par He will wash them away like a flood.\par He will chase his enemies\par into the darkness.\par
“At that time, there will be something in the sky that shows the Son of Man {\cf2\super [377]} coming. All the people of the world will cry. All the people will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds in the sky. The Son of Man will come with power and great glory.