Amos 8:9

9 Et il arrivera dans ce jour-là, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel, que je ferai coucher le soleil à midi, et que j'obscurcirai la terre en plein jour.

Amos 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 8:9

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God
When this deluge and desolation of the land shall be, now spoken of: that I will cause the sun to go down at noon:
or to he so dark as if it was set; as at the time of our Lord's crucifixion, to which many of the ancient fathers refer this prophecy, though it has respect to other times and things. Jarchi interprets it of the kingdom of the house of David. It doubtless designs the kingdom of Israel, their whole policy, civil and ecclesiastic, and the destruction of it; particularly their king, princes, and nobles, that should be in great adversity, and that suddenly and unexpectedly; it being a fine sunshine morning with them, and they in great prosperity, and yet by noon their sun would be set, and they in the utmost darkness and distress; and I will darken the earth in a clear day;
the land of Israel, the people of it, the common people, who should have their share, in this calamity and affliction; and though it had been a clear day with them, and they promised themselves much and long felicity, yet on a sudden their light would be turned into darkness, and their joy into sadness and sorrow.

Amos 8:9 In-Context

7 L'Éternel l'a juré par la gloire de Jacob: Jamais je n'oublierai toutes leurs actions!

8 La terre, à cause d'elles, ne tremblera-t-elle pas? Et tous ses habitants n'en mèneront-ils pas deuil? Le pays tout entier montera comme le fleuve, il se soulèvera et s'affaissera comme le fleuve d'Égypte.

9 Et il arrivera dans ce jour-là, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel, que je ferai coucher le soleil à midi, et que j'obscurcirai la terre en plein jour.

10 Je changerai vos fêtes en deuil, et tous vos chants en complaintes; je mettrai le sac sur tous les reins, et je rendrai chauves toutes les têtes; et je mettrai le pays dans le deuil comme pour un fils unique, et sa fin sera comme un jour d'amertume.

11 Voici, les jours viennent, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel, où j'enverrai la famine dans le pays; non une famine de pain ni une soif d'eau, mais celle d'entendre les paroles de l'Éternel.