Amós 8:9

9 Y sucederá que en aquel díadeclara el Señor DIOS yo haré que el sol se ponga al mediodía y que la tierra en pleno día se oscurezca.

Amós 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.

Amós 8:9 In-Context

7 El SEÑOR ha jurado por el orgullo de Jacob: Ciertamente, nunca me olvidaré de ninguna de sus obras.

8 ¿No temblará por esto la tierra, y hará duelo todo aquel que habita en ella? Subirá toda ella como el Nilo, se agitará y menguará como el Nilo de Egipto.

9 Y sucederá que en aquel díadeclara el Señor DIOS yo haré que el sol se ponga al mediodía y que la tierra en pleno día se oscurezca.

10 Entonces cambiaré vuestras fiestas en llanto y todos vuestros cantos en lamento; pondré cilicio sobre todo lomo y calvicie sobre toda cabeza; haré que sea como duelo por hijo único, y su fin, como día de amargura.

11 He aquí, vienen díasdeclara el Señor DIOS en que enviaré hambre sobre la tierra, no hambre de pan, ni sed de agua, sino de oír las palabras del SEÑOR.