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Amo 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the land		It is supposed that an earthquake is here intended; the rising and falling of the ground, with a wave-like motion, and its leaving its proper place and bounds, in consequence of an earthquake, being justly and beautifully compared to the swelling, overflowing, and subsiding of the Nile. Psa 18:7; Psa 60:2,3; Psa 114:3-7; Isa 5:25; Isa 24:19,20; Jer 4:24-26; Mic 1:3-5; Nah 1:5,6; Hab 3:5-8; Hag 2:6,7
every one		Amo 8:10; Amo 9:5; Jer 12:4; Hsa 4:3; Hsa 10:5; Mat 24:30
rise		Amo 9:5; Isa 8:7,8; Jer 46:8; Dan 9:26

Correlating Passages

the land

	Psa 18:7	Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
	Psa 60:2	Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
	Psa 60:3	Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
	Psa 114:3	The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.
	Psa 114:4	The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.
	Psa 114:5	What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?
	Psa 114:6	Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs?
	Psa 114:7	Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
	Isa 5:25	Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases [were] torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
	Isa 24:19	The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
	Isa 24:20	The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
	Jer 4:24	I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
	Jer 4:25	I beheld, and, lo, [there was] no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
	Jer 4:26	I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place [was] a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, [and] by his fierce anger.
	Mic 1:3	For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
	Mic 1:4	And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place.
	Mic 1:5	For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not Samaria? and what [are] the high places of Judah? [are they] not Jerusalem?
	Nah 1:5	The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
	Nah 1:6	Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
	Hab 3:5	Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
	Hab 3:6	He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.
	Hab 3:7	I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
	Hab 3:8	Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thine anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses [and] thy chariots of salvation?
	Hag 2:6	For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];
	Hag 2:7	And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

every one

	Amo 8:10	And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
	Amo 9:5	And the Lord GOD of hosts [is] he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.
	Jer 12:4	How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
	Hsa 4:3	Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
	Hsa 10:5	The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
	Mat 24:30	And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

rise

	Amo 9:5	And the Lord GOD of hosts [is] he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.
	Isa 8:7	Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
	Isa 8:8	And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach [even] to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
	Jer 46:8	Egypt riseth up like a flood, and [his] waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, [and] will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
	Dan 9:26	And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

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