Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 8:10

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10. baldness —a sign of mourning ( Isaiah 15:2 ; Jeremiah 48:37 ; Ezekiel 7:18 ). I will make it as . . . mourning of an only son —"it," that is, "the earth" ( Amos 8:9 ). I will reduce the land to such a state that there shall be the same occasion for mourning as when parents mourn for an only son ( Jeremiah 6:26 ; Zechariah 12:10 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-11" class="com-number"