Amos 8:9 meaning and explanation
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
Amos 8:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The Lord GOD is speaking through Amos to the prosperous northern kingdom of Israel, and this verse sits inside a series of judgments announced in chapter 8. The darkening of the sun at noon is cosmic language for a day of reckoning, the same imagery used elsewhere for the day of the LORD.
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