Commentary on Amos 8:3 – Exegesis and Hermeneutics of the Bible – Biblical Commentary

In that day the singers of the temple will groan, says the Lord Yahweh. Many will be the corpses; everywhere they will be thrown in silence.

And the singers. loved 8:10; loved 5:23; Hos 10:5, Hos 10:6; Joe 1:5, Joe 1:11, Joe 1:13; Zech 11:1-3.

many will be the dead bodies. loved 4:10; Isaiah 37:36; Jer 9:21, Jer 9:22; Nah 3:3.

they will be thrown out. loved 6:9, loved 6:10; Jer 22:18.

silent. Lev 10:3; Ps 39:9.

Source: The Treasury of Biblical Knowledge

— of palace: Others translate: of the Temple; the Hebrew word admits both possibilities.

Source: Hispano-American Interdenominational Translation

CROSS-REFERENCES

f 272 Hos 10:5; Joe 1:13; loved 5:23

g 273 Jer 9:21; loved 6:10

Source: New World Translation

O, the singers of the palace will moan

Lit., has cast out

Oh, silence!

Source: The Bible of the Americas

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