Commentary for Amos 8:10
וְהָפַכְתִּ֨י חַגֵּיכֶ֜ם לְאֵ֗בֶל וְכָל־שִֽׁירֵיכֶם֙ לְקִינָ֔ה וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤י עַל־כָּל־מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ שָׂ֔ק וְעַל־כָּל־רֹ֖אשׁ קָרְחָ֑ה וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ כְּאֵ֣בֶל יָחִ֔יד וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ כְּי֥וֹם מָֽר׃
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 for an only son, And the end thereof as a bitter day.
Rashi on Amos
And I will turn your festivals into mourning—as the matter is stated: (II Chron 35:24) “And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.”
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Rashi on Amos
and all your songs into lamentation—as the matter is stated: (ibid. verse 25) “And all the singing men and singing women spoke in their lamentations.”
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Rashi on Amos
like the mourning for an only son—Like a father who mourns over an only son.
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