Amos 8:3

8:3 The women singing in the temple ¹  will wail in that day.”

The sovereign Lord is speaking.

“There will be many corpses littered everywhere! ²  Be quiet!”

Amos 8:9

8:9 In that day,” says the sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun set at noon,

and make the earth dark in the middle of the day. ³ 

[8:3]  ¹ tn Or “palace” (NASB, NCV, TEV).

[8:3]  ² tn Heb “Many corpses in every place he will throw out.” The subject of the verb is probably impersonal, though many emend the active (Hiphil) form to a passive (Hophal): “Many corpses in every place will be thrown out.”

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “in a day of light.”