Amos

Amos 8:10

¹⁰I will turn your feasts into mourning

and all your songs into lamentation.

I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth

and every head to be shaved.

I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,

and its outcome like a bitter day.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will turn	וְהָפַכְתִּ֨י	wə·hā·p̄aḵ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H2015 turn, overturn
your feasts	חַגֵּיכֶ֜ם	ḥag·gê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H2282 festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast
into mourning	לְאֵ֗בֶל	lə·’ê·ḇel	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H60 mourning
and all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
your songs	שִֽׁירֵיכֶם֙	šî·rê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H7892 song
into lamentation	לְקִינָ֔ה	lə·qî·nāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H7015 elegy, dirge
I will cause everyone	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
to wear	וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤י	wə·ha·‘ă·lê·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
sackcloth	שָׂ֔ק	śāq	Noun - masculine singular	H8242 sack, sackcloth
and every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
head	רֹ֖אשׁ	rōš	Noun - masculine singular	H7218 head
to be shaved	קָרְחָ֑ה	qā·rə·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7144 baldness, bald spot
I will make it like	וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙	wə·śam·tî·hā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H7760 put, place, set
a time of mourning	כְּאֵ֣בֶל	kə·’ê·ḇel	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H60 mourning
for an only son	יָחִ֔יד	yā·ḥîḏ	Adjective - masculine singular	H3173 only one, solitary
and its outcome	וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ	wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H319 after-part, end
like a bitter	מָֽר׃	mār	Adjective - masculine singular	H4751 bitter, bitterness
day	כְּי֥וֹם	kə·yō·wm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 6:26 · Zechariah 12:10 · Jeremiah 48:37 · Ezekiel 7:18 · Job 20:23 · Isaiah 15:2–3 · Luke 7:12–13 · Hosea 2:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.