Amos 8:3 meaning and explanation

“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”

Amos 8:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Amos 8:3 is the Lord GOD's word through the prophet Amos to the prosperous northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BC. The temple songs were confident worship, but God says that in the day of judgment they will become wailing, and corpses will lie everywhere in silence.

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