Amos 8:8

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Cross-reference

Amos 8:10 Parallel

Amos 8:10 describes the mourning that accompanies the judgment, directly continuing the lamentation mentioned in Amos 8:8.

Amos 9:5 Parallel

In Amos 9:5, this same imagery of land rising like the Nile is repeated, reinforcing the certainty of judgment.

Jeremiah 46:8 directly echoes 'rises like the Nile' to describe Egypt — same phrase used for different subjects.

Habakkuk 3:5-8 shows mountains scattering and hills bowing, with flood imagery, closely paralleling Amos 8:8's trembling and flood.

Nahum 1:5 Parallel

Nahum 1:5 says mountains quake at God's presence, echoing the trembling land in Amos 8:8.

Micah 1:3-5 depicts mountains melting under God's coming, similar to the land trembling in Amos 8:8 as judgment on Israel.

Psalm 18:7 Parallel

Psalm 18:7 describes earth reeling and mountains trembling at God's anger—same imagery of creation shaking as Amos 8:8's land trembling.

Jeremiah 4:24-26 describes mountains trembling and cities broken down, directly mirroring the land's trembling in Amos 8:8.

Psalm 114:3 Allusion

Psalm 114:7 calls the earth to tremble at the presence of the Lord—direct verbal echo of Amos 8:8's trembling land.

Jeremiah 51:29 repeats 'the land shall tremble' for Babylon's fall, directly echoing Amos's language of cosmic upheaval at judgment.

Jeremiah 46:7 uses the same 'flood' metaphor for Egypt's rise, while Amos applies it to Israel's judgment — a shared image of overwhelming force.

Jeremiah 12:4 also speaks of the land mourning because of the evil of its inhabitants — same cause and effect.

Hosea 4:3 Parallel

Hosea 4:3 depicts the land mourning and creatures languishing due to human sin — parallel to Amos's judgment.

Isaiah 8:8 Parallel

Isaiah 8:8 continues the flood metaphor, sweeping into Judah — same Nile-like rising waters imagery.

Nahum 1:8 Parallel

Nahum 1:8 portrays God's judgment as an 'overrunning flood', closely paralleling Amos's use of flood to describe divine punishment.

Isaiah 24:20 continues the imagery of the earth reeling like a drunkard, paralleling the land's trembling in Amos 8:8.

Isaiah 24:19 uses similar language of the earth being shattered and shaken, echoing the trembling land in Amos 8:8.

Psalm 60:2 Parallel

Psalm 60:2 portrays God making the land quake and tearing it open—parallel to Amos 8:8's land trembling under judgment.