Amos 8:10
The Scripture
(10) And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In Amos 8 the prophet condemns the wealthy for hoarding grain, wine, and oil while the poor suffer, saying that God will judge their greed and injustice. He declares that the poor will be oppressed and that the harvest will be a sign of their unfaithfulness. The chapter ends with a call to live humbly and act justly.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Amos 8:3Amos 5:23Amos 6:4Amos 6:5Amos 6:6Amos 6:7Deuteronomy 16:14I Samuel 25:36I Samuel 25:37I Samuel 25:38II Samuel 13:28II Samuel 13:29
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