Amos 8:3

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

Cross-references

Amos 8:10 Parallel

Amos 8:10 explicitly fulfills the wailing: feasts turned to mourning, sackcloth, and bitter day.

Amos 6:10 Parallel

Amos 6:10 echoes the same word 'Silence!' (has) amid dead bodies being removed—a direct parallel within the same book.

Amos 6:5 Contrast

Amos 6:5 shows idle singing in prosperity, which Amos 8:3 contrasts as turning to wailing in judgment — same prophet's theme.

Amos 5:23 Parallel

Amos 5:23 shows God rejecting Israel's songs – a precursor to the transformation to wailing in 8:3.

Amos 6:9 Parallel

Amos 6:9 warns that even ten survivors in a house will die, intensifying the theme of total death in Amos's vision.

Amos 4:10 Related theme

Amos 4:10 recalls past judgment with pestilence and dead bodies, reinforcing the same pattern of divine punishment.

Jeremiah 9:22 depicts dead bodies fallen like dung, unburied—a strong parallel to Amos's many corpses thrown everywhere.

Nahum 3:3 Parallel

Nahum 3:3 piles up corpses and dead bodies without end, matching Amos's scene of countless dead after judgment.

Psalm 137:4 Parallel

Psalm 137:4 asks how to sing in exile, mirroring Amos 8:3 where temple songs turn to wailing — both depict loss of worship.

Lamentations 2:10 has elders sitting in silence after Jerusalem's fall, directly echoing the silence from death in Amos 8:3.

Hosea 2:11 Parallel

Hosea 2:11 says God will end all festal joy, directly paralleling Amos 8:3's temple songs turning to wailing.

Hosea 8:1 Parallel

Hosea 8:1 warns of judgment on the house of the LORD, aligning with Amos 8:3's wailing in the temple.

In Zephaniah 1:10, a wail on the day of the Lord parallels the temple songs turning to wailing here — both depict judgment's sound.

Isaiah 24:9 Parallel

Isaiah 24:9 describes no wine with singing in judgment, similar to Amos 8:3's songs becoming wailings — both end celebration.