Amos 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!”

Le 10:3; Ps 39:9; Isa 37:36; Jer 9:21,22; Jer 22:18; Ho 10:5,6; Joe 1:5,11,13; Am 4:10; Am 5:23; Am 6:9,10; Am 8:10; Na 3:3; Zec 11:1-3

¹ tn Or “palace” (NASB, NCV, TEV).

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.”