Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Context
This verse from Amos Chapter 8 connects to 10 cross-references. The vision of a basket of summer fruit announces the end has come for Israel. Their commercial fraudsters cannot wait for the sabbath to end so they can sell grain with deceitful scales. God will turn their feasts into mourning …
Other Translations
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,
And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:
Cross References
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel …
And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land …
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at …
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, …
For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets …
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not …
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in …
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was …
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh …