Amos 8:8-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁸There will be an earthquake
that will shake the whole land because of what they did.
Everyone living there will cry for those who died.
The land will be tossed around.
The whole land will rise and fall like the Nile River in Egypt.”

⁹The Lord God also said,
“At that time I will make the sun set at noon
    and make the land dark on a clear day.
¹⁰I 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.^[a]
I will cause mourning everywhere,
    like that for an only son who has died.
It will be a very bitter end.”